Samuel Whitbread (Liberal politician)
Samuel Howard Whitbread CB MP (8 January 1858 – 29 July 1944) was a British Member of Parliament and a member of the Whitbread brewing family.[1]
Career
He was the son of Samuel Whitbread. He was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Bedfordshire on 31 March 1906.[2] In 1912, he became Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (until 1936) and represented the constituencies of Huntingdon and Luton (until 1895).
Whitbread was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1917 Birthday Honours.[3]
Family
On 16th Jan 1904, he married Madeline Bourke, the granddaughter of the 5th Earl of Mayo. They had three children together.
- Major Simon Whitbread b. 12 Oct 1904, d. 1985
- Anne Joscelyne Whitbread b. 9 Nov 1906, d. 1936
- Humphrey Whitbread b. 7 Feb 1912, d. ????
References
- ^ Bedfordshire County Council - the Whitbread family Archived 2008-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "No. 27902". The London Gazette. 6 April 1906. p. 2433.
- ^ "No. 30111". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1917. p. 5455.