{{Short description|Australian pastoralist & politician}} {{for|the Australian cricketer and pastoralist|Samuel McCaughey (cricketer)}} {{EngvarB|date=November 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox person |name = Sir Samuel McCaughey |image = Sir Samuel McCaughey.jpg |caption = Portrait of Sir Samuel McCaughey |birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1835|07|01}} |birth_place = Tullyneuh, Ireland |death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1919|07|25|1835|07|01}} |death_place = Yanco, New South Wales |other_names = |known_for = |occupation = |nationality = }}
'''Sir Samuel McCaughey''' (1 July 1835 – 25 July 1919) was an Irish-born pastoralist, politician and philanthropist in Australia.
==Early life== McCaughey was born on 1 July 1835 at Tullynewey, near Ballymena, Ireland, the son of Francis McCaughey, farmer and merchant, and his wife Eliza, ''née'' Wilson.<ref name="Adb">{{cite AuDB |title=McCaughey, Sir Samuel (1835–1919) |id2=mccaughey-sir-samuel-682 |accessdate=4 March 2020 |first=Peter |last=Hohnen |pages=130–131}}</ref>
==Death and legacy== McCaughey died at Yanco on 25 July 1919.<ref name="Adb"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4712242 |title=Sir Samuel McCaughey. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=26 July 1919 |access-date=15 July 2014 |page=18 |via=Trove}}</ref>
He was a philanthropist; he donated £10,000 to the Dreadnought Fund, £10,000 to Dr Barnardo's Homes, gave liberally to the Red Cross and other war charities besides insuring 500 soldiers at £200 each.{{cn|date=March 2022}}
After his death, his estate was sworn for probate at over £1,600,000. Apart from bequests of £200,000 and all his motor vehicles to his brother John and legacies to his station managers and employees, he left £10,000 to increase the stipends of Presbyterian clergy, £20,000 to the Burnside Orphan Homes at Parramatta, £20,000 to Scots College in Sydney, £10,000 each to five other independent schools (Newington College, Sydney Church of England Grammar School, Sydney Grammar School, Cranbrook School, Sydney and The King's School, Parramatta), £5000 to the Salvation Army and £5000 each to seven hospitals.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5611013 |title=SIR SAMUEL McCAUGHEY'S WILL. |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=2 August 1919 |access-date=6 June 2013 |page=8 |via=Trove}}</ref>
Half the residue of his estate went to the University of Sydney (£458,000 from which nine chairs were created, including the McCaughey Chair of French)<ref name="martin-1989">Angus Martin, [https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/ART/article/view/5588 "The Teaching of French at Sydney"], ''Arts: The Journal of the Sydney University Arts Association'', Vol. 14 (1989), p. 49. Retrieved 23 February 2019.</ref> and to the University of Queensland. The other half went to the relief of members of the Australian Military and Naval Expeditionary Forces and their widows and children.<ref name=Adb/>
His portrait by John Longstaff is in the Great Hall of the University of Sydney.{{cn|date=March 2022}}
===Yanco Agricultural High School=== One of the schools which directly bears his legacy is Yanco Agricultural High School,<ref>[http://www.leetontourism.com.au/things-to-do/leeton-yanco-whitton-heritage-trail/sir-samuel-mccaughey.aspx Leeton Tourisim – Sir Samuel McCaughey] Retrieved 18 March 2018.</ref> located near Leeton, New South Wales. This school was founded around a building built by McCaughey to host The Duke of York during a planned visit to Australia. A life-size portrait of McCaughey is in the entry to this building.
===McCaughey Chair of French=== The following professors<ref name="martin-1989" /> occupied this chair at Sydney University: * George Gibb Nicholson, 1921–45 * Ian Allan Ramie Henning, 1945–70 * Leigh Ross Chambers, 1971–75 * Ian Peter Barko, 1976–90 * Angus Andrews Martin, 1992–99 * Margaret Sankey, 2003- <ref>[https://www.sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=533 Briefly - News and Events], sydney.edu.au. Retrieved 3 April 2020.</ref>
==Family== His brother John, also a pastoralist, has an art prize in his name: the John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize was set up by his widow Mona in 1957.<ref name="SOAN">{{cite web | title=Art prize for three Australian artists |website=State of the Arts | date= 19 July 2004| url=http://www.stateart.com.au/sota/news/default.asp?fid=2783 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831070719/http://www.stateart.com.au/sota/news/default.asp?fid=2783 | archive-date=31 August 2007 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==Further reading== * {{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15589515 |title=Grand old man. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=30 June 1915 |page=10 |via=Trove}} * {{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15857048 |title=Sir Samuel M'Caughey. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=26 July 1919 |page=13 |via=Trove}} * {{Citation | author1=Cleary, Patrick Scott | author2=Sheehan, Michael | title=Australia's debt to Irish nation-builders | publication-date=1933 | publisher=Angus & Robertson Limited | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8477494 }}
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