Samuel Galton, Jr.

Samuel Galton

Samuel John Galton, Jr. FRS (18 June 1753 - 19 June 1832), born in Duddeston, Birmingham, England. Despite being a Quaker he was an arms manufacturer. He was a member of the Lunar Society and lived at Great Barr Hall. He also built a house at Warley Woods, and commissioned Humphry Repton to lay out its grounds.[1]

He married Lucy Barclay (1757–1817), daughter of Robert Barclay, MP, 5th of Urie. They had the eight children:

Galton owned 300 acres (120 ha) of land at Westhay Moor, Somerset, which he had drained, by constructing Galton's Canal.[2]

Commemoration

Galton Bridge at Smethwick is named in his honour, and he is remembered by the Moonstones in Birmingham and a tower block in the centre of that city.

References

  1. "Warley Park". English Heritage. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  2. Galton, Erasmus (1845). An Account of Improvement of a Shaking Bog at Meare in Somersetshire. Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England 6 (Royal Agricultural Society). pp. 182–187. Retrieved 2008-10-27.

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