Samson Ricardo

Samson Israel Ricardo
Member of Parliament for
Windsor
In office
1855–1857
Preceded byLord Charles Wellesley
Succeeded byWilliam Vansittart
Personal details
Born(1792-11-19)19 November 1792
London, England
Died14 November 1862(1862-11-14) (aged 69)
Grosvenor Place, London England
Political partyWhig
RelationsDavid Ricardo (brother)
Parent(s)Abraham Israel Ricardo
Abigail Delvalle
OccupationBusinessman, politician

Samson Israel Ricardo (19 November 1792 – 14 November 1862) was a British politician who served as the Whig MP.

Early life

Ricardo was born in London on 19 November 1792 into the wealthy family of Portuguese origin.[1] He was a younger son of successful stockbroker Abraham Israel Ricardo and Abigail (née Delvalle) Ricardo, a daughter of Abraham Delvalle (also "del Valle"). Among his siblings were the political economist David Ricardo and financier Jacob Ricardo, father of John Lewis Ricardo.[2]

The Ricardo family were Sephardic Jews of Portuguese origin who had recently relocated from the Dutch Republic.[3] His maternal aunt, Rebecca Delvalle, was wife of the engraver Wilson Lowry, and mother of the engraver Joseph Wilson Lowry and the geologist, mineralogist, and author Delvalle Lowry.[4][5][3][6]

Career

He was also the business partner of his nephew John Lewis Ricardo, with whom he became an investor and director of the Electric Telegraph Company.[citation needed]

Ricardo was returned for Windsor[7] from a by-election in 1855 to 1857.[8] He had failed to win the seat in the 1852 general election and lost it in the 1857 general election.[citation needed]

Personal life

Ricardo died at Grosvenor Place in London on 14 November 1862.[9]

References

  1. ^ Heertje, Arnold (2004). "The Dutch and Portuguese-Jewish background of David Ricardo". European Journal of the History of Economic Thought. 11 (2): 281–294. doi:10.1080/0967256042000209288. S2CID 154424757.
  2. ^ Sraffa, Piero; David Ricardo (1955), The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo: Volume 10, Biographical Miscellany, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, p. 434, ISBN 0-521-06075-3
  3. ^ a b Heertje, Arnold (2004). "The Dutch and Portuguese-Jewish background of David Ricardo". European Journal of the History of Economic Thought. 11 (2): 281–294. doi:10.1080/0967256042000209288. S2CID 154424757.
  4. ^ David Ricardo, D. Weatherall, Springer Netherlands, 2012, p. 6
  5. ^ Anglo-Jewish Portraits- A Biographical Catalogue of Engraved Anglo-Jewish and Colonial Portraits from the Earliest Times to the Accession of Queen Victoria, Alfred Rubens, Jewish Museum, London, 1935, p. 69
  6. ^ Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (2 September 2004). "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. ref:odnb/23471. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/23471. Retrieved 14 December 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. ^ They work for you
  8. ^ 1857 The Letters of Richard Cobden: Volume III: 1854-1859
  9. ^ Rubinstein, W.; Jolles, Michael A. (27 January 2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Springer. p. 799. ISBN 978-0-230-30466-6. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Windsor
1855–1857
With: Charles William Grenfell 		Succeeded by