Albert Saunders (died 1920) was a British Inland Revenue agent during the early 20th century. Before working for Inland Revenue, he served in the British Army's Bicycling Corps. In 1920, during the Irish War of Independence, he was sent to Dublin, Ireland to conduct an audit of all Irish banks to ensure that none of them were funding the IRA insurgency. He planned to shut down Harry Butler's bank after discovering that it had made uncredited loans to Irish businesses with fictitious owners; he grew suspicious that the fradulent loans went to the IRA. However, US Senator Daniel Shea covertly sent $50,000 to Butler's bank in order to end the bank's financial panic, and, on the same night, the IRA lured Saunders into a trap. Journalist Eithne Drury approached Saunders for help with a flat tire on her car, and Saunders headed over to help her re-inflate it. As the two were squatting and talking, an IRA gunman shot Saunders in the back of the head, killing him instantly and horrifying Drury.