Harry Samuel

Sir Harry Simon Samuel PC (3 August 1853 – 26 April 1934) was an English Member of Parliament for Limehouse and then Norwood in London. He was an advocate of protection in trade and he campaigned against free trade during his political career.[1]

For the British barrister, see Harry Samuels.
The Right Honourable

Sir Harry Samuel
Member of the United Kingdom Parliament
for Limehouse
In office
13 July 1895 – 12 January 1906
Preceded byJohn Stewart Wallace
Succeeded byWilliam Pearce
Member of the United Kingdom Parliament
for Norwood
In office
15 January 1910 – 15 November 1922
Preceded byGeorge Bowles
Succeeded byWalter Greaves-Lord
Personal details
Born
Harry Simon Samuel

(1853-08-03)3 August 1853
Marylebone, London
Died26 April 1934(1934-04-26) (aged 80)
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Resting placeGolders Green Jewish Cemetery
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)Rose Beddington
Children4
Alma materSt John's College, Cambridge
OccupationBusinessman

Biography

Early life

Samuel was born at 40 Gloucester Place near Portman Square in Marylebone, London,[2] the son of Horatio Simon Samuel, a cooper, and Henrietta Montefiore.[1] He was educated at Eastbourne College and then St John's College, Cambridge, where he received a Bachelor of Arts.[3][4]

Career

He became a partner in the firm of Montefiore & Company.[1]

Politics

Samuel retired from business to enter politics with the Unionist party and, in 1889, he became a prospective candidate in St Pancras East. So as not to split the Conservative vote in 1892 Samuel stood in the 1892 election for the Conservative Party in the Limehouse constituency but the seat was won by the Liberal John Stewart Wallace with a majority of 270.[1]

In the 1895, he stood again and was elected as Member of Parliament for Limehouse with a majority of 590. He was re-elected in 1900 with a majority of 538 but lost the seat in 1906 to Liberal William Pearce. In 1903, he had been appointed a Knight Bachelor.[1][5]

In January 1910, he was elected back to parliament with a 1778 majority in the Norwood constituency, a seat he then held until he retired as an MP at the 1922 election. He was appointed a member of the Privy Council in 1916.[1] He was also a Freeman of the City of London and a member of the Cooper's Company.[4]

Personal life

In 1878, he married Rose Beddington. They had four children: three sons and one daughter. His daughter Nora married Percy de Worms (1873–1941).[1]

He died in 1934 at Villa Alexandra in Monte Carlo aged 80. His memorial service was held at West London Synagogue.[1]

gollark: Example issue with the central version: you scan your card on a payment terminal to pay one currency unit. But it reads your card's data off, and can now just take as much money as it wants at any time
gollark: And that would... probably be worse than the central version.
gollark: Well, it has to be decryptable by payment terminals, so that's useless.
gollark: Anyway, pretty much the only secure way to do this magcard thing would be... having payment terminals bother a central server, and even that would have problems.
gollark: (that's probably a metaphor for life somehow)

References
  1. "Obituary: Sir Harry Samuel – Strong Advocate Of Protection". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 27 April 1934. p. 16.
  2. London, England, Freedom of the City Admission Papers, 1681-1930
  3. "Samuel, Harry Simon (SML871HS)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. "Samuel, Harry Simon". Jewish Encyclopedia. 2002. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
  5. "No. 27630". The London Gazette. 29 December 1903. p. 8563.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Stewart Wallace		 Member of Parliament for Limehouse
1895–1906		 Succeeded by
William Pearce
Preceded by
George Bowles		 Member of Parliament for Norwood
1910 – 1922		 Succeeded by
Walter Greaves-Lord
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