Samuel Whitbread | |
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| Member of Parliament forBedford | |
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| Succeeded by | Charles Pym |
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| Born | (1830-05-05)5 May 1830 |
| Died | 25 December 1915(1915-12-25) (aged 85) |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Children | Samuel Whitbread |
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Samuel Whitbread (5 May 1830 – 25 December 1915) was an English brewer andLiberal Party politician who sat in theHouse of Commons from 1852 to 1895.
Whitbread was the eldest son ofSamuel Charles Whitbread ofCardington, Bedfordshire and his wife Julia Brand, daughter ofLord Dacre. He was a member of theWhitbread brewing family.[1] Whitbread was educated atRugby School andTrinity College, Cambridge.[2] He was private secretary to Sir George Grey in 1850 and in 1852 was elected as aMember of Parliament (MP) forBedford. He was a frequent speaker during his time in the commons and wasCivil Lord of the Admiralty from June 1859 to March 1863.[3] He held his seat until 1895.[4]
Whitbread lived atSouthill Park, Biggleswade. He wasJ.P. andDeputy Lieutenant for Bedfordshire.[5] He died at the age of 85.
Whitbread married Lady Isabella Charlotte Pelham, youngest daughter ofHenry Pelham, 3rd Earl of Chichester on 9 July 1855. They had four children together,Samuel, Maude, Henry, and Francis.
His eldest son, Samuel Howard, followed his father into politics.Maud married her cousin Charles, son of Samuel's younger brother William.Henry married Mary Raymond and lived atNorton Bavant, Warminster.Francis married Ida, daughter ofCharles Hanbury-Tracy, 4th Baron Sudeley, and lived at Burford House,Tenbury Wells.
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forBedford 1852 –1895 With:Henry Stuart 1852–1854 William Stuart 1854–1857 & 1859–1868 Thomas Barnard 1857–1859 James Howard 1868–1874 Frederick Charles Polhill-Turner 1874–1880 Charles Magniac 1880–1885 | Succeeded by |