Samuel Smith (1836-1906) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Samuel Smith was a British

United Kingdom

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politician

Politician

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. He served as a Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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Member of Parliament

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(MP) from 1882 to 1885 and from 1886 to 1906.

Born near Borgue, Galloway

Borgue, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright

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, he was educated at Borgue parish school and Kirkcudbright Academy before attending Edinburgh University

University of Edinburgh

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. He was apprenticed to a Liverpool cotton-broker in 1853. By 1864 he was head of the Liverpool branch of James Finlay & Co., a large cotton business of Glasgow and Bombay.

Smith was first elected to Parliament on 11 December 1882 in a by-election in Liverpool

Liverpool (UK Parliament constituency)

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, following the Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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MP Viscount Sandon

Dudley Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby

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's succession to the Peerage

Peerage

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as Earl of Harrowby

Earl of Harrowby

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on 19 November 1882.