Samuel Fryar

Samuel Fryar (4 February 1863 – 4 October 1938) was an Irish solicitor, councillor and politician from Northern Ireland.

Samuel Fryar
In office 1933–1938
Constituency	West Down
Personal details
Born	(1863-02-04)4 February 1863 Banbridge, County Down, Ireland
Died	4 October 1938(1938-10-04) (aged 75) Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland
Nationality	British
Political party	Ulster Unionist
Profession	Solicitor

Samuel Fryar was born on 4 February 1863 at Banbridge, County Down in Ireland, to parents James Fryar and his wife Jane née Hamilton.^[1] He was educated at Banbridge Academy and Queen’s College, Galway, as a solicitor.^[2] He married Letitia Elizabeth Card née Sterling in 1893 and together they had two children.^[3]

In 1887, Fryar went into partnership with John Fawcett Gordon and opened a legal firm on Bridge Street called, Fryar and Gordon Solicitors.^[4] The firm operated under that name for nearly 100 years.^[5]

Fryar was a member of the Banbridge Urban District Council from 1894 to 1938. He was also a Solicitor to Banbridge Board of Guardians, Banbridge Rural District Council, and Tandragee Rural District Council. This included four years as Chairman of Banbridge Urban District Council.^[2]

In 1933, Fryar, an Ulster Unionist member sat for the general election of 1933 and defeated the Independent Unionist representative, James Finnery.^[6][7] Fryar remained a Member of Parliament until the general election of 1938, when he retired.^[2] Fryar died shortly after his retirement; on 4 October 1938, aged 75.^[2] His son, William Leonard Fryar, was awarded the British Victory Medal and the British War Medal for service during World War I.^[8]

References

1. Clarke, R.S.J. (ed.) (1989), The Heart of Downe: Gravestone Inscriptions vol.20, Ulster Historical Foundation, 1989, p.20
2. "Northern Ireland House of Commons Election Results: Samual Fryar". 2008. Archived from the original on 9 February 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
3. The National Archives of Ireland. Residents of a house 86 in Scarva Street (West Urban (Banbridge), Down). Retrieved 2015-11-06.
4. Trevor McBurney & Co. The Practice Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
5. McBurney and Co. Solicitors (2008). The People. Retrieved on 28 December 2008.
6. Northern Ireland Parliamentary Results (2008). Down: West Down (41). Retrieved on 3 January 2009.
7. Champion, Clare (2003). Irish Identity: When Dev stood for Stormont Archived 19 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 28 December 2008.
8. Northern Bank - War Memorials / Roll of Honour. Retrieved 2015-11-06.

Parliament of Northern Ireland
Preceded by Robert McBride	Member of Parliament for West Down 1933–1938	Succeeded by John Edgar Bailey