Samuel Richard Block (died 11 December 1864) was an English merchant, High Sheriff of

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in 1863 and a justice of the peace for Hertfordshire,

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and the liberty of St. Albans.

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File:Portrait of Samuel Richard Block.jpg, ''Portrait of Samuel Richard Block, of Greenhill, Barnet, later High Sheriff of Hertfordshire, and his third son, Adam Henry Block''.

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, oil on canvas, 1846. File:St John the Baptist Church, Chipping Barnet 08.JPG, Plaque to the memory of Block at St John the Baptist Church, Chipping Barnet. File:Grave of Samuel Richard Block in Highgate Cemetery.jpg, Grave of Samuel Richard Block in

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(west side) Year of birth missing 1864 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery High Sheriffs of Hertfordshire English justices of the peace English merchants {{England-law-bio-stub