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SUMMARY:Sir Samuel Kelly: Coal merchant\, gun-runner and Methodist benefact
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DESCRIPTION:Samuel Kelly (1879–1937) For all John Kelly’s commercial su
 ccess\, he raised his seven children in a modest terraced house. Samuel in
 herited both his father’s modesty and commercial acumen. He became a dir
 ector in many companies\, but his considerable wealth was derived principa
 lly from the importation of coal\, critical to Ulster industry. In contras
 t to many contemporary businessmen\, he adopted a fairer disposition towar
 ds his workforce. A staunch Unionist\, his company was to play an unusual 
 role in supporting the resistance to Home Rule. Also inherited from his pa
 rents was his committed Methodist ethic\, and the liberal financial suppor
 t from himself and his wife were to prove the foundation and salvation of 
 post-War and post-Partition Methodism.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nKeith Haines was a fo
 rmer Head of History and Archivist at Campbell College. His main interest 
 is in researching the lives and careers of local characters who are little
  known\, even unknown\, but who have achieved something worthwhile. He has
  written a number of published and unpublished biographical works.\n\n&nbs
 p\;\n\n&nbsp\;
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