Henry Stewart Cunningham

Sir Henry Stewart Cunningham
Advocate-General of Madras Presidency
In office 1872–1877
Preceded by	John D. Mayne
Succeeded by	Patrick O'Sullivan
Personal details
Born	1832
Died	1920
Alma mater	Harrow, Trinity College, Oxford
Occupation	lawyer
Profession	Advocate-General

Sir Henry Stewart Cunningham KCIE (1832–1920) was a British lawyer and writer who served as the Advocate-General of Madras Presidency from 1872 to 1877.

Cunningham was born in 1832 to Rev. John William Cunningham who was the Vicar of Harrow. Cunningham was educated at Harrow and graduated in law from the Trinity College, Oxford. He was called to the bar in 1859.

Cunningham practised in the United Kingdom and in British India and rose to become Advocate-General of the Madras Presidency in 1872. In 1877, he was appointed judge of the Calcutta High Court and served from 1877 to 1887. In 1878, he was appointed member of the Indian Famine Commission to look into the causes of the Great Famine of 1876–78.

Cunningham died in 1920. He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1889.

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