Died 1797 | ||
Waddell Cunningham was the founding president of the Belfast Chamber of Commerce and first president of the Harbour Board. He was one of the founding members of the Belfast Charitable Society, Clifton House, Belfast. Reputedly the richest man in Belfast, he attempted to establish a slave trading company in Belfast in 1786. The “Belfast Slaveship Company” was opposed strongly by Thomas McCabe (United Irishmen), another founding member.
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