Sir Josias Cunningham, DL (20 January 1934[1] – 9 August 2000) was a Northern Irish stock broker, farmer and politician.
He then went on to read biological sciences at Clare College, Cambridge, where his uncle and politician Knox Cunningham had also attended.
[2] In 1991, upon the death of Sir George Clarke, he was elected President of the Ulster Unionist Council and was one of the last remainders of Northern Ireland's moneyed families to remain involved in politics through "The Troubles".
Sir Josias Cunningham died in a car accident at Carryduff, County Down in 2000,[3] aged 66.
The UUP headquarters, Cunningham House, was named in his family's honour, and was dedicated by his widow.