Samuel Whitbread (5 May 1830 – 25 December 1915) was an English brewer and

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politician who sat in the

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from 1852 to 1895.

Biography

Whitbread was the eldest son of

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and his wife Julia Brand, daughter of Lord Dacre. He was a member of the Whitbread brewing family. Whitbread was educated at

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and

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. He was private secretary to Sir George Grey in 1850 and in 1852 was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for

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. He was a frequent speaker during his time in the commons and was Civil Lord of the Admiralty from June 1859 to March 1863. He held his seat until 1895. Whitbread lived at Southill Park, Biggleswade. He was J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Bedfordshire.Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886
/ref> He died at the age of 85.

Family

Whitbread married Lady Isabella Charlotte Pelham, youngest daughter of Henry Pelham, 3rd Earl of Chichester on 9 July 1855. They had four children together,

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, Maude, Henry, and Francis. His eldest son, Samuel Howard, followed his father into politics. Maud married her cousin Charles, son of Samuel's younger brother William. Henry married Mary Raymond and lived at Norton Bavant, Warminster. Francis married Ida, daughter of Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 4th Baron Sudeley, and lived at Burford House,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Whitbread, Samuel 1830 births 1915 deaths People educated at Rugby School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1880–1885 UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 UK MPs 1892–1895 Deputy lieutenants of Bedfordshire People from Southill, Bedfordshire Lords of the Admiralty