| 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 |
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.
Early life and education
Cunningham 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
Cunningham 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
He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire on 1 January 1889. Cunningham died in 1920.
Works
- The Chronicles of Dustypore, a Tale of Modern Anglo-Indian Society, Volume 1
- The Chronicles of Dustypore, a Tale of Modern Anglo-Indian Society, Volume 2
- The Heriots
- Wheat and Tares
- Earl Canning
- Late Laurels
References
- 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
- "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.
External links
- Works by H. S. Cunningham at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about H. S. Cunningham at the Internet Archive
- 1832 births
- 1920 deaths
- People educated at Harrow School
- British people in colonial India
- People from the Madras Presidency
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
- Advocates General for Tamil Nadu
- Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford
- 19th-century English novelists
- English male novelists
- Victorian novelists