Editing Samuel Cunard (section)

==Later life==
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Cunard owned a number of companies in Canada. After his death and changes to the British mail contract, his partners in England dropped his Canadian service and it was 50 years before his ships returned to Canada.<ref name="Boileau, p. 96">Boileau, p. 96</ref> His coal company in Nova Scotia, which he bought to fuel his liners, remained the family's major investment in Nova Scotia and continued into the 20th century as Cunard Fuels, later bought out by the [[K. C. Irving|Irving Family]] of New Brunswick.

In 1859 Cunard was made a [[baronet]] by [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=22235 |date=1 March 1859 |page=953}}</ref>

Sir Samuel Cunard died at [[Kensington]] in London on 28 April 1865. He is buried at [[Brompton Cemetery]] in London.<ref name="Boileau, p. 96"/> He lies against the eastern wall.