Harry Samuel: Difference between revisions

| name = Sir Harry Simon Samuel

| honorific-suffix =[[Member of Parliament|MP]]

| image =Harry Simon Samuel.jpg

| predecessor2 = [[George FredericBowles Stewart(Conservative politician)|George Bowles]]

| successor2 = [[Walter Greaves Greaves-Lord]]

| term_end2 = 1526 NovemberOctober 1922

| spouse = Rose Beddington

'''Sir Harry Simon Samuel''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|PC}} (1853–19343 August 1853 – 26 April 1934) was an English [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Limehouse (UK Parliament constituency)|Limehouse]] and then [[Norwood (UK Parliament constituency)|Norwood]] in [[London]].<ref name="obit" /> He was an advocate of protection in trade and he campaigned against free trade during his political career.<ref name="obittimes">{{cite news |title= Obituary: Sir Harry Samuel – Strong Advocate Of Protection |work=[[The Times]] |date= 27 April 1934|page= 16 }}</ref>

Henry Samuel was born at 40 [[Gloucester Place]] near [[Portman Square]] in [[Marylebone]], [[London]],<ref onname="freedom">''London, 3England, AugustFreedom 1853of the City Admission Papers, 1681-1930''</ref> the son of Horatio Simon Samuel, a [[Cooper (profession)|cooper]], and Henrietta Montefiore.<ref name="times"/> He was educated at [[Eastbourne College]] and then [[St John's College, Cambridge]], Cambridge, where he received a Bachelor of Arts.<ref>{{Vennacad|id=SML871HS|name=Samuel, Harry Simon}}</ref><ref name="je" />

He became a partner in the firm of Montefiore & Company.<ref name="obittimes" />

Samuel retired from business to enter politics with the Unionist party and, in 1889, he became a prospective candidate in [[St Pancras East (UK Parliament constituency)|St Pancras East]]. So as not to split the Conservative vote in 1892 Samuel stood in the [[1892 United Kingdom general election, 1892|1892]] election for the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] in the [[Limehouse (UK Parliament constituency)|Limehouse]] constituency but the seat was won by the [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] [[candidate, John Stewart Wallace]], with a majority of 270.<ref name="obittimes" />

In the [[1895 United Kingdom general election, 1895|1895]], he stood again and was elected as [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Limehouse (UK Parliament constituency)|Limehouse]] with a majority of 590. During the election campaign he was the subject of [[Antisemitism|Antisemitic]] comments from his [[Liberal-Labour (UK)|Liberal-Labour]] opponent William Marcus Thompson.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hirshfield|first=Claire|date=1981|title="Reynolds's Newspaper" and the Modern Jew|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20081959|journal=Victorian Periodicals Review|volume=14|issue=1|pages=3–11|jstor=20081959|issn=0709-4698}}</ref> He was re-elected in 1900 with a majority of 538 but lost the seat in 1906 to Liberal [[William Pearce (Liberal politician)|William Pearce]]. In 1903, he had been appointed a [[Knight Bachelor]].<ref name="obittimes" /><ref name="sir" />

In January 1910, he was elected back to parliament with a 1778 majority in the [[Norwood (UK Parliament constituency)|Norwood]] constituency, a seat he then held until he retired as aan MP at the [[1922 United Kingdom general election, 1922|1922 election]].<ref name="obit" /> He was appointed a member of the Privy Council in 1916.<ref name="obittimes" /> He was also a [[Freeman of the City of London]] and a member of the [[Worshipful Company of Coopers|Cooper's Company]].<ref name="je" />

In 1878, he married Rose Beddington. They had four children: three sons and one daughter.<ref name="obit" /> His daughter Nora married [[Percy de Worms]] (1873–1941).<ref>[http://www.thepeerage.com/p24059.htm#i240584 The Peerage]<name="times"/ref>

He died on 26 Aprilin 1934 at Villa Alexandra in [[Monte Carlo]] aged 80. His memorial service was held at [[West London Synagogue]].<ref name="obittimes" />

<ref name="sir">{{London Gazette|issue=27630|startpagepage=8563|date=29 December 1903|accessdate=2010-03-24}}</ref>

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{{S-bef| before = [[John Stewart WallacelWallace]] }}

| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Limehouse (UK Parliament constituency)|Limehouse]]

| years = [[1895 United Kingdom general election, 1895|1895]]–[[1906 United Kingdom general election, 1906|1906]]

| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Norwood (UK Parliament constituency)|Norwood]]

| years = [[January 1910 United Kingdom general election, January 1910|1910]] – [[1922 United Kingdom general election, 1922|1922]]

| before = [[George FredericBowles Stewart(Conservative politician)|George Bowles]]

| after = [[Walter Greaves Greaves-Lord]]

[[Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom Parliament for English constituencies]]