Editing Samuel Cunard (section)

==Family==

Samuel Cunard was married to Susan, daughter of William Duffus, a dry goods merchant,<ref>Fox, p. 44</ref> on 4 February 1815, by whom he had nine children,<ref>{{cite journal|title=Mellish, Lt.–Col. Henry|journal=Who's Who|year=1919|pages=1093|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015047639912;view=1up;seq=1735}}</ref> two sons (Edward 1816–1869 and William 1825–1906) and seven daughters (Mary 1817–1885,{{efn|Mary m.	James Horsfield Peters}} Susan 1819–, Margaret Ann 1820–1901, Sarah Jane 1821–1902,{{efn|Sarah Jane m. Gilbert William Francklyn, parents of [[Charles G. Francklyn]]}} Ann Elizabeth 1823–1862,{{efn|Ann Elizabeth m. Ralph Shuttleworth Allen}} Isabella 1827–1894{{efn|Isabella m. Henry Holden}} and Elizabeth 1828–1889.<ref name=DCB/> On 28 February 1828, Susan Cunard died due to complications after Elizabeth's birth. Cunard never remarried, confiding on his deathbed to his sons that he had "been dreaming about your dear mother...and what a good woman she was."<ref>Fox, p. 49</ref>

Sir Samuel Cunard was succeeded in both the business and the baronetcy by his oldest son, [[Cunard baronets|Sir Edward Cunard, 2nd baronet]], who married Mary Bache McEvers (daughter of [[Bache McEvers]]), and through whom the baronetcy was passed down. Their son, Bache Edward Cunard, 3rd baronet married the society hostess [[Maud Cunard|Emerald, Lady Cunard]] (1872–1948). They in turn had one daughter, [[Nancy Cunard]] (1896–1965), writer, heiress and political activist.

William Cunard, second son of Sir Samuel Cunard, married Laura Charlotte Haliburton, daughter of author and politician [[Thomas Chandler Haliburton]]. The couple had three sons and one daughter.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Morgan |editor-first=Henry James |editor-link=Henry James Morgan |title=Types of Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected with Canada |location=Toronto |publisher=Williams Briggs |date=1903 |url=https://archive.org/details/typesofcanadianw01morguoft |page=[https://archive.org/details/typesofcanadianw01morguoft/page/68 68]}}</ref> William built the [[Halifax School for the Deaf]]. Samuel Cunard's daughter Margaret married [[William Mellish (cricketer)|William Leigh Mellish]] (1813–1864), soldier, landowner and cricketer.