Sir Samuel Vanacker Sambrooke, 3rd Baronet ( – 27 December 1714) of

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, Middlesex, was a British landowner and politician who sat in the

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as MP for

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and

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Early life

Sambrooke was born into a wealthy family of merchants, long connected with the

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and

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. He was the eldest son and heir of Sir Jeremy Sambrooke of Bush Hill (d. 1705) and Judith ( Vanacker) Sambrooke. His younger brother was John Sambrooke, MP for

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and Wenlock who married Elizabeth Forester (daughter of

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and granddaughter of

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). Among his sisters were Catherine Sambrooke (the wife of

Sir William Strickland, 4th Baronet Sir William Strickland, 4th Baronet (c. 16861 September 1735), of Boynton, East Riding of Yorkshire, was an English landowner and Whig politician, who sat in the House of Commons from 1708 to 1735. He was a Government Minister in Sir Robert W ...

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), Hannah Sambrooke (wife of John Gore, MP for

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and a son of Sir William Gore). His maternal grandparents were Susanna ( Butler) Vanacker (a daughter of James Butler of

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, Sussex) and Nicholas Vanacker, a merchant who was

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. His maternal uncles were Sir Nicholas Vanacker, 1st Baronet and Sir John Vanacker, 2nd Baronet.

Career

Sambrooke was elected to the

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for

in 1704 in place of John Middleton whose return had been declared void. The following year, however, Sambrooke and William Penn Jr. lost their bid for election to Parliament for Bramber. Penn filed, but later withdrew, a petition charging his opponents with bribery. He was reelected for

in the

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in 1708, serving until 1710. He did not stand again. In 1711, he succeeded to the baronetcy, and estates, under special remainder on the death of his maternal uncle, Sir John Vanacker, 2nd Baronet.

Personal life

On 21 January 1701, Sambrooke was married to Elizabeth Wright at

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. She was a daughter of Sir Nathan Wright of

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under King

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and Queen

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. Elizabeth's sister, Dorothy Wright, married

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. Together, they were the parents of three daughters and one son, including: * Jane Elizabeth Sambrooke, who married Charles Wake-Jones of Waltham Abbey, Essex, son of Sir Baldwin Wake, 5th Baronet. After his death, she married

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, son of Sir Philip Monoux, 3rd Baronet, in 1742. * Sir Jeremy Vanacker Sambrooke, 4th Baronet (–1740), MP for

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; he died unmarried. * Susannah Sambrooke (1708–1799), who married

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, MP for

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and son of

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. Sir Samuel died on 27 December 1714 at his home in

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References

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