Sir Henry Bernhard Samuelson, 2nd Baronet JP

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(30 September 1845 – 14 March 1937) was an English

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politician who sat in the

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in two periods between 1868 and 1885.

Early life

Samuelson was the son of Sir Bernhard Samuelson, 1st Baronet and his wife Caroline Blundell. After his mother's death, his father married Lelia Mathilda ( Serena) Denny, daughter of Chevalier Leon Serena and the widow of William Denny of Dumbarton. Among his siblings were Francis Arthur Edward Samuelson,

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, MP for

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, and Sir Herbert Walter Samuelson, chairman and treasurer of

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. His mother was a daughter of Henry Blundell of Hull and his paternal grandparents were Sarah ( Hertz) Samuelson and Samuel Hermann Samuelson, a

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merchant.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 3519. He was educated at

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and

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Career

He was a captain in the Royal South Gloucester Militia and a J.P. for

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.Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881
/ref> At the 1868 general election Samuelson was elected as the

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(MP) for Cheltenham. He held the seat until his defeat at the 1874 general election. In November 1876 he was elected at a by-election as the MP for

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,Craig, pages 128–9 and held that seat until the 1885 general election, when he did not stand again. Samuelson succeeded to the

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on the death of his father in 1905.

Personal life

Samuelson married Emily Maria ( Goodden) Butler, daughter of John Goodden of Compton House, in

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. Emily was the widow of Arthur Paulet Butler (a grandson of James Butler, 13th/23rd

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). He died at the age of 91. As he died without male issue, he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Samuelson, Henry 1845 births 1937 deaths English Jews Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1880–1885 People educated at Rugby School Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Politics of Cheltenham