Samuel Kinghan

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Samuel Kinghan
Senate of Northern Ireland Member
In office
1963-1973
Deputy Speaker of the Senate of Northern Ireland
In office
1965-1967
1971-1972
Personal details
Bornc. 1898
Died1975
Political partyUlster Unionist

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[edit]

  1. ^ John F. Harbinson, The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882-1973, p.207
  2. ^ Members of the Northern Ireland Senate, 1921-72, Northern Ireland Elections
  3. ^ "Mr. Samuel Kinghan". Belfast News-Letter. 8 November 1975. Retrieved 12 January 2024.