Samuel Whitbread (1830–1915)

For other uses, see Whitbread (disambiguation).

Samuel Whitbread
"Parliamentary Procedure"
Whitbread as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, August 1895
Member of Parliament
for Bedford
In office
1852–1895
Serving with
Preceded by
Succeeded byCharles Pym
Personal details
Born(1830-05-05)5 May 1830
Died25 December 1915(1915-12-25) (aged 85)
Political partyLiberal
ChildrenSamuel Whitbread
Parent

Samuel Whitbread (5 May 1830 – 25 December 1915) was an English brewer and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1852 to 1895.

Biography

Whitbread was the eldest son of Samuel Charles Whitbread of Cardington, Bedfordshire and his wife Julia Brand, daughter of Lord Dacre. He was a member of the Whitbread brewing family.[1] Whitbread was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] He was private secretary to Sir George Grey in 1850 and in 1852 was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Bedford. He was a frequent speaker during his time in the commons and was Civil Lord of the Admiralty from June 1859 to March 1863.[3] He held his seat until 1895.[4]

Whitbread lived at Southill Park, Biggleswade. He was J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Bedfordshire.[5] He died at the age of 85.

Family

Whitbread married Lady Isabella Charlotte Pelham, youngest daughter of Henry 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 at Norton Bavant, Warminster. Francis married Ida, daughter of Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 4th Baron Sudeley, and lived at Burford House, Tenbury Wells.

References

  1. ^ Bedfordshire County Council - the Whitbread family Archived 6 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Whitbread, Samuel (WHTT849S)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ Ritchie, Berry (1992). An Uncommon Brewer, the Story of Whitbread. London: James & James. p. 63. ISBN 978-0907383369.
  4. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 39. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
  5. ^ Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Bedford
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