Sir Stuart Samuel, 1st Baronet
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Sir Stuart Montagu Samuel, 1st Baronet (24 October 1856 – 13 May 1926) was a British Liberal
politician. He was the elder brother of Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel
.
He attended the Liverpool Institute and University College School
, Hampstead
, London. He served as Justice of the Peace for the county of London, and was elected Member of Parliament
for Whitechapel
in 1900, replacing his uncle Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling
. Stuart Samuel retired from politics in 1916.
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
politician. He was the elder brother of Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel
Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel
Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel GCB OM GBE PC was a British politician and diplomat.-Early years:...
.
He attended the Liverpool Institute and University College School
University College School
University College School, generally known as UCS, is an Independent school charity situated in Hampstead, north west London, England. The school was founded in 1830 by University College London and inherited many of that institution's progressive and secular views...
, Hampstead
Hampstead
Hampstead is an area of London, England, north-west of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Camden in Inner London, it is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical and literary associations and for Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland...
, London. He served as Justice of the Peace for the county of London, and was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Whitechapel
Whitechapel (UK Parliament constituency)
Whitechapel was a parliamentary constituency in the Whitechapel district of East London. In 1885 the seat was established as a division of the parliamentary borough of Tower Hamlets...
in 1900, replacing his uncle Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling
Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling
Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling was a British banker who founded the bank of Samuel Montagu & Co.. He was a philanthropist and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1900, and was later raised to the peerage.Montagu was born in Liverpool as Montagu Samuel, the second...
. Stuart Samuel retired from politics in 1916.