Samuel Gregson

Samuel Gregson (1793–1865) was a nineteenth-century British merchant, politician, philanthropist. His father, or possibly the younger Gregson himself, was a slave owner.[1]

Eldest son of Samuel Gregson (1762–1846), manager of the Lancaster Canal Company, he won a scholarship to Lancaster Royal Grammar School. In 1808 he joined the Honourable East India Company in London becoming a commodities trader.[2]

After establishing a successful trading business, Gregson bought land in Lancashire and was elected Mayor of Lancaster in 1817 and again in 1825, [3] later being returned, in 1847, to represent the Whigs (Liberal Party) as MP for the City of Lancaster.[4] He also served as a County Alderman and a portrait of him hangs in Lancaster Town Hall.[5]

Gregson was a co-founder of the Natural History Museum.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Summary of Individual | Legacies of British Slave-ownership". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  2. "Summary of Individual – Legacies of British Slave-ownership". Ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  3. "Lancaster City Council • Former Mayors of the City of Lancaster". Lancaster.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  4. "Mr Samuel Gregson". Theyworkforyou.com. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  5. "Samuel Gregson". Art UK. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  6. "Home – Natural History Museum". Nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
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