Samson Ricardo (1792–1862) was a British

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who served as the Whig MP for Windsor from a by election in 1855 to 1857. He had failed to win the seat in the 1852 general election and lost it in the 1857 general election. He was a member of the wealthy

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Ricardo family of Portuguese origin whose members include the political economist

David Ricardo David Ricardo (18 April 1772 – 11 September 1823) was a British political economist. He was one of the most influential of the classical economists along with Thomas Malthus, Adam Smith and James Mill. Ricardo was also a politician, an ...

. He was also the business partner of his nephew John Lewis Ricardo, with whom he became an investor and director of the

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1792 births 1862 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1852–1857 Whig (British political party) MPs {{England-UK-MP-stub