# Frederick Summerfield

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Irish politician and businessman (1887–1975)

Frederick Summerfield Senator In office 21 April 1948 – 22 July 1954 Constituency Industrial and Commercial Panel In office 7 March 1945 – 21 April 1948 Constituency Nominated by the Taoiseach Personal details Born (1887-12-30)30 December 1887 Portobello, Dublin, Ireland Died 22 July 1975(1975-07-22) (aged 87) Dublin, Ireland Party Independent Spouse Nora O'Brien ​ ​ (m. 1913; death 1944)​ Children 3

**Frederick Maurice Summerfield** (30 December 1887 – 22 July 1975) was an Irish [independent](/source/Independent_politician_(Ireland)) politician and businessman. He was a member of [Seanad Éireann](/source/Seanad_%C3%89ireann) from 1945 to 1954.[1] He was [nominated to Seanad](/source/Nominated_members_of_Seanad_%C3%89ireann) on 7 March 1945, replacing [Thomas Condon](/source/Thomas_Condon_(senator)) on the [Industrial and Commercial Panel](/source/Industrial_and_Commercial_Panel).[2] He was re-elected at the 1948 and 1951 Seanad elections, but lost his seat at the 1954 election.[1]

## Early life

He was born in [Portobello, Dublin](/source/Portobello%2C_Dublin).[3] His family moved to [Birmingham](/source/Birmingham) when he was a child. He was educated at a CBS school, and at the age of 12 he took his first job in Birmingham as a brass and copper wire packer. While in Birmingham he was a member of the [Gaelic League](/source/Conradh_na_Gaeilge), played [hurling](/source/Hurling), and was a champion [Irish stepdancer](/source/Irish_stepdance).[3]

## Career

In 1923 Summerfield opened his own company, F.M. Summerfield Ltd., and was the agent for American [Chrysler](/source/Chrysler) cars. He started assembling Chrysler's in 1933 at his factory on Castleforbes Road, after the introduction of the requirement that all cars sold in Ireland had to be assembled there.[3]

He was an unsuccessful candidate at the [1925 Seanad election](/source/1925_Seanad_election). A peace commissioner, Summerfield served as an independent member of the Seanad, representing the interests of the motor industry. He was also president of the Society of Irish Motor Traders in 1923 and 1924, and the Irish Motor Agents Association from 1924 to 1925. He served as president of Dublin Chamber of Commerce in 1950.[3]

Summerfield's other business interests included the first [neon sign](/source/Neon_sign) manufacturer in Ireland and being part owner of the Irish Cutlery Company.

## Personal life

Summerfield returned to Dublin in 1911. He married Nora O'Brien (1888–1944) in 1913 and they had three daughters.[3]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-oireachtas_db_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-oireachtas_db_1-1) ["Frederick Summerfield"](https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Frederick-M-Summerfield.S.1945-03-07/). *Oireachtas Members Database*. Retrieved 25 August 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 29: New Senator Takes His Seat"](https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1945-03-07/2/). Houses of the Oireachtas. 7 March 1945. Retrieved 25 August 2013.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ppcoc_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ppcoc_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-ppcoc_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-ppcoc_3-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-ppcoc_3-4) ["Brief Biographies of the past presidents of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140202163108/http://dublinked.ie/documents/DCBA/Dublin%20Chamber%20of%20Commerce%20-%20Past%20Presidents%201783-2011.pdf) (PDF). *dublinked.ie*. February 2012. Archived from [the original](http://dublinked.ie/documents/DCBA/Dublin%20Chamber%20of%20Commerce%20-%20Past%20Presidents%201783-2011.pdf) (PDF) on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2013.

v t e « 4th Seanad « Members of the 5th Seanad (1944–1948) » 6th Seanad » Cathaoirleach Seán Goulding (FF) Leader of the Seanad William Quirke (FF) Administrative Panel Andrew Clarkin (FF) Seán Goulding (FF) Michael Hayes (FG) Denis Healy (FF) Michael Hearne (FF) James McGee (Ind) Thomas Ruane (FF) Agricultural Panel Patrick Baxter (CnaT) John Counihan (Ind) Daniel Hogan (FF) Edmund Horan (CnaT) Patrick Kehoe (FF) Dominick MacCabe (Ind) William O'Callaghan (FG) Timothy O'Donovan (FG) Patrick O'Reilly (FF) William Quirke (FF) Gerard Sweetman (FG) Cultural and Educational Panel Patrick Doyle (FG) Louis O'Dea (FF) Seán O'Donovan (FF) Patrick J. O'Reilly (Ind) James Parkinson (FG) Industrial and Commercial Panel Thomas Condon (Ind) Daniel Corkery (FF) James Crosbie (FG) Tadhg Crowley (FF) James G. Douglas (Ind) Luke Duffy (Lab) Peter Trainor Kelly (Ind) Seán MacEllin (FF) David Madden (FG) Labour Panel John Butler (FG) Thomas Hayden (Lab) James Johnston (Ind) John Thomas Keane (Ind) Thomas Kennedy (Lab) Sam Kyle (Lab) Peter Lynch (Ind) John Meighan (CnaT) Seán Ruane (Ind) Michael Smyth (Ind) James Tunney (Lab) Dublin University William Fearon (Ind) Joseph Johnston (Ind) T. C. Kingsmill Moore (Ind) National University Henry Barniville (FG) Helena Concannon (FF) Michael J. Ryan (Ind) Nominated by the Taoiseach Seán Campbell (Lab) Robert Farnan (FF) Thomas Foran (Lab) T. V. Honan (FF) Sir John Keane (Ind) Margaret L. Kennedy (FF) William Magennis (Ind) Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) Pádraic Ó Máille (FF) Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) Matthew Stafford (FF) Elected or nominated later 1945 Frederick Summerfield (Ind) 1946 Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha (Ind) Frederick Hawkins (Ind) Edward Pakenham (Ind) 1947 Joseph Warwick Bigger (Ind) FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael CnaT: Clann na Talmhan Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent

v t e « 5th Seanad « Members of the 6th Seanad (1948–1951) » 7th Seanad » Cathaoirleach Timothy O'Donovan (FG) Leader of the Seanad Michael Hayes (FG) Administrative Panel John Finan (CnaT) Patrick Fitzsimons (Ind) Seán Goulding (FF) Michael Hearne (FF) James McGee (Ind) Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) Jeremiah Ryan (FG) Agricultural Panel Patrick Baxter (CnaT) Robert Malachy Burke (Lab) John Counihan (Ind) Seán Gibbons (FF) William O'Callaghan (FG) Timothy O'Donovan (FG) Martin O'Dwyer (Ind) Patrick O'Reilly (FF) Martin Quinn (Ind) William Quirke (FF) James Tunney (Lab) Cultural and Educational Panel Michael Hayes (FG) Cecil Lavery (FG) Frank Loughman (FF) Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) Thomas J. O'Connell (Lab) Industrial and Commercial Panel Joseph Brennan (Ind) Denis Burke (FG) Andrew Clarkin (FF) James Crosbie (FG) Henry Morgan Dockrell (FG) Luke Duffy (Lab) T. V. Honan (FF) Peter Lynch (Ind) Frederick Summerfield (Ind) Labour Panel Richard Anthony (Ind) John Butler (FG) Seán Campbell (Lab) Michael Colgan (Ind) Andrew Fogarty (FF) Frederick Hawkins (Ind) Seán Hayes (FF) John Meighan (CnaT) J. T. O'Farrell (Lab) Seán Ruane (Ind) Michael Smyth (Ind) Dublin University Joseph Warwick Bigger (Ind) William Fearon (Ind) William Bedell Stanford (Ind) National University of Ireland Henry Barniville (FG) Helena Concannon (FF) George O'Brien (Ind) Nominated by the Taoiseach George C. Bennett (FG) Eleanor Howard (Lab) James G. Douglas (Ind) Denis Ireland (CnaP) Patrick McCartan (CnaP) James J. McCrea (Lab) Edward McGuire (Ind) Séamus O'Farrell (Ind) Edward Richards-Orpen (Ind) Edmund Sweetman (FG) Patrick Woulfe (Ind) Elected or nominated later 1950 Mary Davidson (Lab) FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael CnaP: Clann na Poblachta CnaT: Clann na Talmhan Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent

v t e « 6th Seanad « Members of the 7th Seanad (1951–1954) » 8th Seanad » Cathaoirleach Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) Leader of the Seanad William Quirke (FF) Administrative Panel Patrick Fitzsimons (Ind) Michael Hearne (FF) James J. McCrea (Lab) James McGee (Ind) Michael J. O'Higgins (FG) Thomas Ruane (FF) Patrick Teehan (FF) Agricultural Panel Patrick Baxter (CnaT) Bernard Commons (CnaT) Patrick Gorry (FF) James Kilroy (FF) Michael Óg McFadden (FG) William O'Callaghan (FG) Timothy O'Donovan (FG) Martin O'Dwyer (Ind) Patrick O'Reilly (FF) William Quirke (FF) James Tunney (Lab) Cultural and Educational Panel Michael Hayes (FG) Frank Loughman (FF) James B. Lynch (FF) Liam Ó Buachalla (FF) Patrick F. O'Reilly (Ind) Industrial and Commercial Panel Denis Burke (FG) Andrew Clarkin (FF) James G. Douglas (Ind) Jane Dowdall (FF) Seán Hartney (FF) Peter Lynch (Ind) Edward McGuire (Ind) Frank J. Hugh O'Donnell (Ind) Frederick Summerfield (Ind) Labour Panel Pádraig Ághas (Ind) John Butler (FG) Michael Colgan (Ind) Noel Hartnett (Ind) Frederick Hawkins (Ind) Seán Hayes (FF) Vincent McHugh (FG) William McMullen (Lab) John Meighan (CnaT) Daniel O'Rourke (FF) Seán Ruane (Ind) Dublin University Gardner Budd (Ind) William Fearon (Ind) William Bedell Stanford (Ind) National University Henry Barniville (FG) Helena Concannon (FF) George O'Brien (Ind) Nominated by the Taoiseach Daniel Corkery (FF) Robert Farnan (FF) Seán Goulding (FF) T. V. Honan (FF) Joseph Johnston (Ind) Eamon Kissane (FF) Seán O'Donovan (FF) Seán O'Grady (FF) Pádraig Ó Siochfhradha (Ind) Margaret Mary Pearse (FF) Michael Yeats (FF) Elected or nominated later 1952 William J. E. Jessop (Ind) 1953 John F. Cunningham (Ind) FF: Fianna Fáil FG: Fine Gael CnaP: Clann na Poblachta CnaT: Clann na Talmhan Lab: Labour Party Ind: Independent

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