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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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Warley Park )〕 He married Lucy Barclay (1757–1817), daughter of Robert Barclay, MP, 5th of Urie. They had the following children: * Mary Anne Galton (1778–1856), married Lambert Schimmelpenick in 1806 * Sophia Galton (1782–1863) married Charles Brewin in 1833 * Samuel Tertius Galton (1783–1844) (whose son Francis Galton was also notable) * Theodore Galton (1784–1810) * Adele Galton (1784–1869) married John Kaye Booth, MD in 1827, dsp. * Hubert John Barclay Galton (1789–1864) * Ewen Cameron Galton, (1791–1800), died aged 9. * John Howard Galton (1794–1862), father of Douglas Strutt Galton. Galton owned of land at Westhay Moor, Somerset, which he had drained, by constructing Galton's Canal. ==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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samuel Galton, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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