Cunard, Sir Samuel, 1st Baronet
- Cunard, Sir Samuel, 1st Baronet
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born Nov. 21, 1787, Halifax, Nova Scotia
died April 28, 1865, Kensington, London, Eng.
Canadian-British merchant and shipowner.
He became prosperous in commerce and began laying plans in 1830 to establish mail service between England and North America. He went to England in 1838 and in 1839 cofounded the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., known as the Cunard Line. In 1840, four Cunard liners began the first regular service across the Atlantic Ocean.
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▪ British merchant
born Nov. 21, 1787, Halifax, Nova Scotia [Canada]
died April 28, 1865, Kensington, London, England
British merchant and shipowner who founded the first regular Atlantic steamship line.
The son of a merchant, Cunard himself had amassed a sizable fortune by his early 40s from banking, lumber, coal, and iron. He had also built a merchant fleet of about 40 vessels. From 1830 he laid plans to establish a mail service between England and North America, running steamers from Liverpool to Halifax, and thence to Boston. Cunard went to England in 1838 when the British government opened the bidding on contracts for such a transatlantic line. The following year, in partnership with Sir George Burns (
Burns, Sir George, Baronet) of Glasgow and David MacIver of Liverpool, he established the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, generally known as the Cunard Line. Its first ship, the
Unicorn, set out for America on May 15, 1840. The first mail steamer was the
Britannia, which left Liverpool on July 4, 1840. Later Cunard ships included the famed
Queen Mary,
Queen Elizabeth, and
Queen Elizabeth II. He was created a baronet in 1859.
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