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Samuel Whitbread (Liberal politician)

Samuel Whitbread (Liberal politician)

British Member of Parliament

Samuel Howard Whitbread CB MP (8 January 1858 – 29 July 1944) was a British Member of Parliament and a member of the Whitbread brewing family.[1]

Quick Facts Member of Parliament for Luton, Preceded by ...

Career

He was the son of Samuel Whitbread. He served as the Member of Parliament for the constituencies of Huntingdon and Luton (until 1895).

He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Bedfordshire on 31 March 1906.[2] In 1912, he became Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (until 1936).

Whitbread was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1917 Birthday Honours.[3]

Family

On 16 January 1904, he married Madeline Bourke, the granddaughter of the 5th Earl of Mayo. They had three children together.

  • Major Simon Whitbread (born 12 October 1904, died 1985)
  • Anne Joscelyne Whitbread (born 9 November 1906, died 1936)
  • Humphrey Whitbread (born 7 February 1912, died 4 July 2000)

References

  1. [1]
    Bedfordshire County Council - the Whitbread family Archived 2008-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    "No. 27902". The London Gazette. 6 April 1906. p. 2433.
  3. [3]
    "No. 30111". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1917. p. 5455.
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