Samuel Kinghan Explained

Samuel Kinghan
Office1:Senate of Northern Ireland Member
Term1:1963-1973
Office2:Deputy Speaker of the Senate of Northern Ireland
Term2:1965-1967
1971-1972
Party:Ulster Unionist
Birth Date: 1898
Death Date:1975

Samuel Kinghan OBE (c.1898 – 1975) was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

Kinghan worked at Gallagher's Tobacco. He became active in the Ulster Unionist Party and was elected to the Senate of Northern Ireland in 1963,[1] serving until its abolition in 1973. From 1965 to 1967, and again from 1971 to 1972, he was a Deputy Speaker of the Senate.[2]

Kinghan died in 1975 at the age of 77.[3]

References

  1. John F. Harbinson, The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882-1973, p.207
  2. http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/hnisen.htm Members of the Northern Ireland Senate, 1921-72
  3. News: Mr. Samuel Kinghan . 12 January 2024 . Belfast News-Letter . 8 November 1975.