Samuel Cunard

Sir
Samuel Cunard
Bt
Born(1787-11-21)21 November 1787
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Died28 April 1865(1865-04-28) (aged 77)
Kensington, London, England
OccupationShipping magnate
Spouse
Susan Duffus
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(m. 1815; died 1828)​
Children9
Parent(s)Abraham Cunard
Margaret Murphy

Sir Samuel Cunard, 1st Baronet (21 November 1787 – 28 April 1865), was a British-Canadian shipping magnate, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, who founded the Cunard Line, establishing the first scheduled steamship connection with North America.[1] He was the son of a master carpenter and timber merchant who had fled the American Revolution and settled in Halifax.[2]

  1. ^ "United Kingdom – ERIH". www.erih.net. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Sir Samuel Cunard". Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2010.