Samuel Lithgow

Samuel Lithgow CBE (1860[1] – 9 September 1937) was a British solicitor and property developer in Marylebone, London. He was a councillor of the London County Council and in 1891 founded the Stanhope Institute for Working Men and Women in Stanhope Street.

Early life and family

Samuel Lithgow was born in St Marylebone, London, in 1860.[2] His father had died by the time Samuel was 10 and his mother Mary is described as running a "lodginghouse" in the 1871 census when the family were living in Marylebone. He had a sister Emma.[3] By the time of the 1891 census the family were still living together, now in Wimpole Street, and Samuel was a solicitor. They were able to employ three servants.[4]

He married Jessie Esther Grieve in 1894.[5] She was born in Scotland and died in 1936. She was buried at Studland, Dorset.[6] They had two sons Douglas and Lawrence.[7] In 1911 the family were living in Northolt, Middlesex, and employed four servants.[2]

Career
Wimpole House

Lithgow was admitted as a solicitor in 1882 and later practiced as Messrs. Lithgow and Pepper, from 41 Wimpole Street.[8]

Property development

Lithgow was active in property development in the Marylebone area of London. Among his notable developments was Wimpole House on the corner of Wimpole Street and New Cavendish Street at 28-29a Wimpole which was built for him as a speculative development in 1892–93 to a design by Charles Worley. The foundation stone was laid by his mother Mary Mason Lithgow in September 1892. When it was complete, Lithgow moved his business there and let some of the rooms to medical practitioners but most of the building was used as a nursing home until 1940 when the proprietor, a Miss Lancaster, died.[9]

Politics and public service

Lithgow represented the West St Pancras ward on the London County Council from 1910 to 1913. He was a justice of the peace and chairman of the St. Marylebone and Paddington Local Employment and Juvenile Advisory Committees.[10]

In 1891 he founded the Stanhope Institute for Working Men and Women, Stanhope Street. He was a governor of the North West London Polytechnic.[5]

He was appointed CBE in 1928.[10]

Death and legacy

Lithgow died on 9 September 1937 in a nursing home at Norwich after an operation.[10] A memorial service was held at St John's Church, Hyde Park Crescent.[11] His residence at the time of his death was stated to be 41 Wimpole Street and Thelverton Grange, Diss, Norfolk,[12] but he also had homes at various times at 30 Oxford Square, London, and Studland, Dorset.[13] He left an estate of £76,050.[12]

References
  1. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
  2. Samuel Lithgow England and Wales Census, 1911. Family Search. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  3. Mary A Lithgow England and Wales Census, 1871. Family Search. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  4. Samuel Lithgow England and Wales Census, 1891. Family Search. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  5. "LITHGOW, Samuel", Who Was Who, A & C Black, online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014. Retrieved 14 Oct 2017. (subscription required)
  6. Jessie Esther Lithgow England, Dorset, Parish Registers. Family Search. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  7. "Deaths", The Times, 5 October 1936, p. 15.
  8. The Solicitors' Journal, Vol. 72, p. 386.
  9. Wimpole Street and Devonshire Place. University College London. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  10. "Mr. Samuel Lithgow", The Times, 10 September 1937, p. 14.
  11. "Memorial Service", The Times, 25 September 1937, p. 1.
  12. 1937 Probate Calendar, p. 133.
  13. "Deaths", The Times, 10 September 1937, p. 1.
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