Person Samuelson; Sir; Bernhard (1820 - 1905) Samuelson Bernhard Sir 1820 - 1905 Male Hamburg, Germany 22 November 1820 His residence, 56 Princes Gate, London 10/05/1905 19050510 Burial: Torre Cemetery, Torquay

56 Princes Gate, Kensington, London (1881)

Engineer; Industrialist Career: Apprenticed to a Swiss firm of merchants, Liverpool; Manager, firm of engineers, Manchester (1842-1846); founded a railway works, Tours (1846); developed a factory making agricultural implements, Banbury; built blast furnaces Middlesbrough (1853); built the Britannia iron works, Middesbrough; MP for Banbury (1859; 1865-1885); was forced to prove his 'Englishness' before he could sit in the House; MP for North Oxfordshire (1885-1895); Privy Councillor (1895); died of pneumonia Honours: Bt 1884 Memberships: MICE Eldest son of Samuel Henry Samuelson of Liverpool and his wife Sarah Hertz. Married: 1) (1844) Caroline, daughter of Henry Blundell JP (she died 1866); 2) (06 April 1889) Lelia Mathhida, daughter of Chevalier Leon Serena and widow of William Denny of Dumbarton Fellow 02/06/1881 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 22 Nov 1820 - 10 May 1905 NA6639 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/115674781 03a007f5-1f71-46e1-9b82-4325dec0bf07