Sir Samuel Roberts, 1st Baronet PC, DL (30 April 1852 – 19 June 1926) was a British politician and businessman.

Biography

Roberts was the son of Samuel Roberts, of

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. A descendant of the Samuel Roberts who built Queen's Tower in Norfolk Park, Roberts grew up in the building and attended

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and then

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, becoming a

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in 1877. He became a director of

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and of the

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, and was in business in Sheffield. In 1900, he was the

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. At the 1900 general election he stood unsuccessfully for the Conservative Party in High Peak, but was elected at the Sheffield Ecclesall by-election in February 1902. He was

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in 1917 and made a

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in 1919. Becoming a Privy Councillor in 1922 under the

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, he stepped down from Parliament at the 1923 general election. He was also a member of the Wanderers amateur

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club.

Family

Roberts married, 21 December 1880, Martha Susan Blakeney, only daughter of Venerable

John Edward Blakeney John Edward Blakeney was an Anglican priest in the 19th century. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1849. After a curacy at Christ Church Claughton he became Vicar A vicar (; Latin: '' vicarius'') is a representative ...

, Archdeacon of Sheffield. Their son, also Samuel Roberts, was a later MP for Sheffield Ecclesall.

References

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

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roberts, Samuel 1 1852 births 1926 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Deputy lieutenants of the West Riding of Yorkshire Knights Bachelor Lord mayors of Sheffield Members of the Inner Temple Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies People educated at Repton School UK MPs 1900–1906 UK MPs 1906–1910 UK MPs 1910 UK MPs 1910–1918 UK MPs 1918–1922 UK MPs 1922–1923 Wanderers F.C. players Men's association football players not categorized by position English men's footballers