Samuel Christy-Miller, originally Samuel Christy and from 1862 by royal licence actually Samuel Christie Miller ''University of Toronto Libraries, British Armorial Bearings''.
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Life

He was the second son of Thomas Christy of

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, eldest son of Miller Christy, and Rebecca Hawlings. He became a partner in the hat-making firm Christy & Co. Christy was related, though distantly, to William Henry Miller, who died in 1848. He inherited indirectly from Miller an estate, and a noted library, in 1852. At that point he changed surname to Christy-Miller. Miller had been Member of Parliament for

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, and Christy-Miller also stood successfully for that constituency. He was a

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Christy-Miller, Samuel 1810 births 1889 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1857–1859 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Newcastle-under-Lyme 19th-century English businesspeople