Dunlop McCosh Cunningham

Cunningham was born in 1901 to his father Samuel Cunningham, a member of the first Stormont Senate, and mother Janet Knox.^[1][2] He was educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh, where he excelled at rugby and became captain of the first XV. After leaving school he entered his uncle's tobacco business, Murray, Sons and Company, at the Whitehall Tobacco Works, Belfast.^{[citation needed]} He played rugby for Ireland and gained 8 caps.^{[citation needed]}

Dunlop took over his uncle's tobacco business in the mid-1920s; it ran successfully until he sold out in the 1950s.^{[citation needed]} During the Second World War, Dunlop took charge of his brothers' businesses when they went to War and helped the War effort from home, particularly during the troubled times of the Blitz, and with his tobacco products.^{[citation needed]}