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Samuel Gregson (Junior)
Samuel Gregson (1793–1865) was a nineteenth-century British merchant, politician and philanthropist.
Eldest son of Samuel Gregson (1762–1846), manager of the Lancaster Canal Company, he won a scholarship to Lancaster Royal Grammar School. In 1808 he joined the Honourable East India Company in London becoming a commodities trader.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Summary of Individual – Legacies of British Slave-ownership )〕
After establishing a successful trading business, Gregson bought land in Lancashire and was elected Mayor of Lancaster in 1817 and again in 1825,
later being returned, in 1847, to represent the Whigs (Liberal Party) as MP for the City of Lancaster.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mr Samuel Gregson )〕 He also served as a County Alderman and a portrait of him hangs in Lancaster Town Hall.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BBC – Your Paintings – Samuel Gregson )〕
Gregson was a co-founder of the Natural History Museum.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Home – Natural History Museum )〕
==See also==
* The Gregson Centre
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