Thom's Irish Who's Who/Hutchinson, Captain Samuel James

HUTCHINSON, Captain Samuel James, LL.D., J.P.; b. 28th March, 1887, at Hillsborough, Co. Down; eldest son of Samuel Corbett Hutchinson. Educ.: privately; Middle Temple. Gazetted from Queen's University Officers' Training Corps to Commission in London Regt., 1912; served in the Great War (1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Allied Victory Medal). Captain Regular Army, Reserve of Officers. Member of British War Mission to United States, and attached Military Staff, British Embassy, Washington, 1918; toured the greater part of the United States on a Victory propaganda mission organised by the British and American Governments for the education of public opinion on the necessity of winning the War. Mentioned by the Secretary of State for War for valuable services, and received the thanks of the United States Government. LL.D. (Hon. Causa); J.P., County of Down; Member Roads Advisory Committee of Ministry of Home Affairs, Northern Ireland; Life Governor Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast; Member Ulster Unionist Council; Hon. Treasurer Mid-Down Unionist Association; Member Diocesan Synod of Down; Director Hutchinson, Haddow A Co., Ltd., and J. B. Ferguson, Ltd., Belfast. Res.: Combermere House, Hillsborough, Co. Down. Club: Constitutional, London.