Samuel Fryar was an Irish

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 solicitor

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, councillor

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 and politician

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 from Northern Ireland

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Samuel Fryar was born on 4 February 1863 at Banbridge

Banbridge

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, County Down

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 in Ireland, to parents Samuel Fryar and his wife, Ann Jane née Gibson. He was educated at Banbridge Academy

Banbridge Academy

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 and Queen’s College

National University of Ireland, Galway

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, Galway

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, as a solicitor.

In 1887, Fryar went into partnership

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 with John Fawcett Gordon

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 and opened a legal firm on Bridge Street called, Fryar and Gordon Solicitors. The firm operated under that name for nearly 100 years.

Fryar was a member of the Banbridge Urban District Council

Upper Bann (Assembly constituency)

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 from 1894 to 1938. He was also a Solicitor to Banbridge Board of Guardians, Banbridge Rural District Council, and Tandragee Rural District Council

Armagh City and District Council

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. This included four years as Chairman of Banbridge Urban District Council.

In 1933, Fryar, an Ulster Unionist member sat for the general election

MPs elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1933

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 of 1933 and defeated the Independent Unionist

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 representative, James Finnery. Fryar remained a Member of Parliament

Parliament of Northern Ireland

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 until the general election

MPs elected in the Northern Ireland general election, 1938

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 of 1938, when he retired

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Fryar died shortly after his retirement; on 4 October 1938, aged 75.