Sir Henry Stewart Cunningham KCIE (1832–1920) was a British lawyer and writer who served as the Advocate-General of Madras Presidency from 1872 to 1877.[1]
Sir Henry Stewart Cunningham | |
|---|---|
| Advocate-General of Madras Presidency | |
| In office 1872–1877 | |
| Preceded by | John D. Mayne |
| Succeeded by | Patrick O'Sullivan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1832 |
| Died | 1920 |
| Alma mater | Harrow, Trinity College, Oxford |
| Occupation | lawyer |
| Profession | Advocate-General |
Early life and education
editCunningham was born in 1832 to Rev. John William Cunningham who was the Vicar of Harrow. Cunningham was educated at Harrow and graduated in law from the Trinity College, Oxford. He was called to the bar in 1859.
Career
editCunningham practised in the United Kingdom and in British India and rose to become Advocate-General of the Madras Presidency in 1872. In 1877, he was appointed judge of the Calcutta High Court and served from 1877 to 1887. In 1878, he was appointed member of the Indian Famine Commission to look into the causes of the Great Famine of 1876–78.
Death
editHe was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire on 1 January 1889.[2] Cunningham died in 1920.
Works
editReferences
edit- ^ Buckland, C. E. (1906). Dictionary of Indian Biography. London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co. pp. 81.
- ^ Great Britain. India Office The India List and India Office List for 1905, p. 145, at Google Books
- ^ Cunningham, Henry Stewart (1875). The Chronicles of Dustypore, a Tale of Modern Anglo-Indian Society. Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder and Co.
- ^ Cunningham, Henry Stewart (1875). The Chronicles of Dustypore, a Tale of Modern Anglo-Indian Society. Vol. 2. London: Smith, Elder and Co.
- ^ Cunningham, Henry Stewart (1890). The Heriots. Macmillan & Co.
- ^ Cunningham, Henry Stewart (1861). Wheat and Tares. London: Saunders, Otley & Co.
- ^ Cunningham, Henry Stewart (1891). Earl Canning. Rulers of India series.
- ^ Cunningham, Henry Stewart (1864). Late Laurels. London: Longman, Green, Longman, Robert & Green.
Further reading
edit- "Cunningham, Sir Henry Stewart". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/47627. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Lady Margaret Maria Williams-Hay Verney (1923). Sir Henry Stewart Cunningham, K.C.I.E. John Murray.
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