Sir Samuel Roberts, 2nd Baronet JP (2 September 1882 – 13 December 1955) was a

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. Son of the Sheffield Ecclesall MP

Samuel Roberts Samuel or Sam Roberts may refer to: Politicians *Samuel D. Roberts (born 1956), member of the New York State Assembly *Sir Samuel Roberts, 1st Baronet (1852–1926), British Conservative Member of Parliament, 1902–1923 *Sir Samuel Roberts, 2nd Ba ...

, Roberts grew up at Queen's Tower in

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. He attended

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and

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before becoming a solicitor. In 1913, Roberts became a Justice of the Peace, and in 1919, the

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. In 1921, he was elected as the Conservative Party MP for

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, and at the 1929 general election he switched to represent his father's former constituency of Sheffield Ecclesall. He stood down at the 1935 general election, serving that year as the

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References

*Michael Stenton and Stephen Lees, ''Who's Who of British MPs: Volume III, 1919-1945''

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roberts, Samuel 2 1882 births 1955 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Lord Mayors of Sheffield People educated at Harrow School UK MPs 1918–1922 UK MPs 1922–1923 UK MPs 1923–1924 UK MPs 1924–1929 UK MPs 1929–1931 UK MPs 1931–1935 Master Cutlers Politicians from Sheffield 20th-century English businesspeople