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Samuel Meredith
Samuel Meredith may refer to: * Samuel Meredith (American politician) (1741–1817), American merchant and politician, Treasurer of the United States, 1789–1801 *Samuel Meredith (police officer) Captain Samuel Meredith (5 August 1794 – June 1873) was the first person to be appointed to the rank of Chief Constable in the United Kingdom when he was appointed to that rank in the newly formed Wiltshire Constabulary in November 1839. This ... (1794–1873), British policeman who was the first person to be appointed to the rank of Chief Constable * Samuel Meredith (Western Samoan politician) (1877–1936), Western Samoan politician and businessman who served in the Legislative Council, 1929–1932 * Sam Meredith (1872–1921), Welsh footballer {{hndis, Meredith, Samuel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Meredith (American Politician)
Samuel Meredith (1741 – February 10, 1817) was an American merchant from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress from 1786 to 1788. President Washington appointed him Treasurer of the United States, and he held this office from 1789 until his retirement on December 1, 1801. Biography Born in Philadelphia in 1741, Samuel Meredith was a son of Reese (or Rhys) Meredith and Martha (Carpenter) Meredith.Eby, J. 2007. "Accokeek Furnace Business Ledger 1749-1760" in ''Laying the Hoe, A Century of Iron Manufacturing in Stafford County, Virginia with Genealogical Notes on Over 300 Families''. Westminster, Md.: Willow Bend Books, p. 367 on the CD. His father was a prominent local merchant, and after attending Dr. Allison's Academy, he joined the family business. Samuel would later expand the business in partnership with his brother-in-law George Clymer, who married his sister Elizabeth Meredith in 1765. Samuel married Margaret Cadwalader ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Meredith (police Officer)
Captain Samuel Meredith (5 August 1794 – June 1873) was the first person to be appointed to the rank of Chief Constable in the United Kingdom when he was appointed to that rank in the newly formed Wiltshire Constabulary in November 1839. This occurred after a distinguished career in the Royal Navy. Naval career Meredith was born in Dedham in Essex in 1796, the only child of elderly parents who lived in West Ham. His father, Joseph Meredith, had been the superintendent of the local excise officers, but he was retired by the time of his son's birth. In 1804 aged 10 years Samuel Meredith ran away from his school at Greenwich and could not be found. He was eventually traced to a ship at Portsmouth where he had asked to be taken on as the cabin boy. John S. Dyer, a family friend who was Chief Clerk at the Admiralty and Secretary of Greenwich Hospital (and who would later become his father-in-law), obtained a position for Meredith as a midshipman aboard a ship in the Royal Navy. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Meredith (Western Samoan Politician)
Samuel Hornell Meredith (9 May 1877 – 1936) was a Western Samoan businessman and politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Council from 1929 to 1932. Biography Meredith was born in Samoa to a British father and Samoan mother and became a merchant. In 1910 he was part of a group that petitioned the German authorities for the introduction of local government in the territory. During the Spanish flu pandemic, seven members of his close family died. He was later given the Samoan chiefly title ''Tupua''. A critic of the New Zealand administration of Samoa, he contested the first elections to the Legislative Council in 1924, but failed to be elected. He helped the anti-colonial Mau movement gain formal legal representation from a firm of solicitors in New Zealand in 1927,Kilifoti Sisilia Eteuati (1982Evaevaga a Samoa: Assertion of Samoan autonomy 1920–1936/ref> and ran for election again in 1929, this time successfully, as he was elected in second place behind Alexa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |