Person:Samuel Galton (3)

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Samuel Galton, Jr.
b.18 Jun 1753
d.19 Jun 1832
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  • H.  Samuel Galton, Jr.1753 - 1832
  • W.  Lucy Barclay1757 - 1817
  1. Mary Anne Galton1778 - 1856
  2. Samuel Tertius Galton1783 - 1844
  3. John Howard Galton1794 - 1862
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Name Samuel Galton, Jr.
Gender Male
Birth[1] 18 Jun 1753
Marriage to Lucy Barclay
Death[1] 19 Jun 1832
Reference Number? Q741817?


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Samuel John Galton Jr. FRS (18 June 1753 - 19 June 1832), born in Duddeston, Birmingham, England. Despite being a Quaker he was an arms manufacturer. He was a member of the Lunar Society and lived at Great Barr Hall. He also built a house at Warley Woods, and commissioned Humphry Repton to lay out its grounds.

He married Lucy Barclay (1757–1817), daughter of Robert Barclay Allardice, MP, 5th of Urie. They had eight children:

  • Mary Anne Galton (1778–1856), married Lambert Schimmelpenninck in 1806
  • Sophia Galton (1782–1863) married Charles Brewin in 1833
  • Samuel Tertius Galton (1783–1844) (whose son Francis Galton was also notable)
  • Theodore Galton (1784–1810)
  • Adele Galton (1784–1869) married John Kaye Booth, MD, in 1827, dsp.
  • Hubert John Barclay Galton (1789–1864)
  • Ewen Cameron Galton, (1791–1800), died aged 9.
  • John Howard Galton (1794–1862), father of Douglas Strutt Galton.

Galton owned of land at Westhay Moor, Somerset, which he had drained, by constructing Galton's Canal.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Samuel Galton, Jr., in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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