Samuel Lithgow (1860 – 9 September 1937)"LITHGOW, Samuel"
''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014. Retrieved 14 Oct 2017. was a British solicitor and property developer in

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, 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.

Career

Lithgow was admitted as a solicitor in 1882 and later practiced as Messrs. Lithgow and Pepper, from 41

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Property development

Lithgow was active in property development in the Marylebone area of London. Among his notable developments was

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on the corner of Wimpole Street and

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at 28-29a Wimpole which was built for him as a speculative development in 1892–93 to a design by

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. 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.

Politics and public service

Lithgow represented the West St Pancras ward on the

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from 1910 to 1913. He was a

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and chairman of the St. Marylebone and Paddington Local Employment and Juvenile Advisory Committees. In 1891 he founded the Stanhope Institute for Working Men and Women, Stanhope Street. He was a governor of the

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. He was appointed

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in 1928.

Personal life

In 1894, Lithgow married Jessie Esther, second daughter of Patrick David Grieve, of the

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. They had two sons Douglas and Lawrence.

Death and legacy

Lithgow died on 9 September 1937 in a nursing home at Norwich after an operation."Mr. Samuel Lithgow", ''The Times'', 10 September 1937, p. 14. A memorial service was held at St John's Church,

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. His residence at the time of his death was stated to be 41 Wimpole Street and Thelverton Grange, Diss, Norfolk, but he also had homes at various times at 30

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, London, and Studland, Dorset."Deaths", ''The Times'', 10 September 1937, p. 1. He left an estate of £76,050.1937 Probate Calendar, p. 133.
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References

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