Samuel Vestey, 2nd Baron Vestey (25 December 1882 – 4 May 1954) was a British
noble
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Early life
He was the son of
William Vestey, 1st Baron Vestey
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Biography
Early life
William Vestey was born on 21 January 1859. He came from an old Liverpool family of traders. In 1876, at the age of ...
, and was educated at
Merton College, Oxford
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, matriculating in 1901.
He served as
Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1933.
He succeeded to the title on his father's death in 1940.
Career
He was a
Justice of the Peace, and photographs of him by Lafayette are in the collection of the
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Personal life
In 1908, he married Frances Sarah Howarth, they had three children:
* Hon. Kathleen Sarah Vestey (born in May 1909), married Captain
Maurice John Kingscote (30 July 1887 – 5 June 1959) on 18 September 1936.
* Captain Hon. William Howarth Vestey (1912–1944), killed in action in Italy
* Hon. Joan Frances Vestey (1914–1991)
On his death in 1954, he was succeeded by his grandson,
Samuel Vestey, 3rd Baron Vestey, son of William Vestey.
References
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1882 births
1954 deaths
Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Samuel
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Alumni of Merton College, Oxford
High sheriffs of Gloucestershire