Samuel Charles Allsopp, Vanity Fair, 1885-08-01

Samuel Charles Allsopp, 2nd Baron Hindlip (24 March 1842 – 12 July 1897), was a British businessman and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1873 and 1887 when he inherited the

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Life and career

Allsopp was the eldest son of

Henry Allsopp, 1st Baron Hindlip Henry Allsopp, 1st Baron Hindlip DL (19 February 1811 – 2 April 1887), known as Sir Henry Allsopp, Bt, between 1880 and 1886, was a British businessman and Conservative politician. Background Allsopp was the third son of Samuel Allsopp (12 Augu ...

, head of the brewery firm of

Samuel Allsopp & Sons Samuel Allsopp & Sons was one of the largest breweries operating in Burton upon Trent, England. History Origins Allsopp's origins go back to the 1740s, when Benjamin Wilson, an innkeeper-brewer of Burton, brewed beer for his own premises and so ...

, of Burton-on-Trent and his wife Elizabeth Tongue. He was educated at

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and

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and was a lieutenant in the Derbyshire Yeomanry. In 1880, he took over the running of the brewery. He was also deputy chairman of the Great Northern Railway. In 1873, Allsopp was elected

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for Staffordshire East and held the seat until 1880. He became a deputy lieutenant of

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in 1876. He was elected MP for

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in 1882. In 1887 he succeeded his father as second

Baron Hindlip Baron Hindlip, of Hindlip in the County of Worcester and of Alsop-en-le-Dale in the County of Derby, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1886 for the businessman and Conservative politician Sir Henry Allsopp, 1st ...

and gave up his seat when he entered the

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. Lord Hindlip died in July 1897, aged 55

Family

Hindlip married Georgiana Millicent, daughter of Charles Rowland Palmer-Moorewood, in 1868. He was succeeded in his titles by his son

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. Lady Hindlip died in 1939. His brother George Allsopp was MP for Worcester, while other brothers Frederic Allsopp and

Herbert Allsopp The Hon. Captain Herbert Tongue Allsopp (5 December 1855 – 31 January 1920) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Cambridge University Cricket Club, Cambridge University. Allsopp was the son of the brewer Henry Allsopp, 1st Bar ...

were first-class

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ers.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hindlip, Samuel Allsopp, 2nd Baron 1842 births 1897 deaths People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1880–1885 UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1886–1892 UK MPs who inherited peerages Deputy Lieutenants of Staffordshire 19th-century English businesspeople

Life and career

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