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Samuel Christy-Miller

Samuel Christy-Miller

British politician and businessman

Samuel Christy-Miller, originally Samuel Christy and from 1862 by royal licence actually Samuel Christie Miller [1] (1810–1889) was an English businessman and politician, from 1847 to 1859 one of the two members of parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme, elected as a Peelite.

Life

He was the second son of Thomas Christy of Essex, eldest son of Miller Christy, and Rebecca Hawlings.[1][2] He became a partner in the hat-making firm Christy & Co.[3]

Christy was related, though distantly, to William Henry Miller, who died in 1848. He inherited indirectly from Miller an estate, and a noted library, in 1852.[3][4] At that point he changed surname to Christy-Miller. Miller had been Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme, and Christy-Miller also stood successfully for that constituency.[5] He was a Peelite.

Notes

  1. [1]
    University of Toronto Libraries, British Armorial Bearings.
  2. [2]
    John Burke (1838). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank: But Uninvested with Heritable Honours. Henry Colburn. p. 366. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  3. [3]
    The Gentleman's Magazine. W. Pickering. 1849. p. 98. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  4. [4]
    Seymour de Ricci (3 February 2011). English Collectors of Books and Manuscripts: (1530–1930) and Their Marks of Ownership. Cambridge University Press. pp. 108–. ISBN 978-0-521-15646-2. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  5. [5]
    Freeman, Janet Ing. "Miller, William Henry". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/18748. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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