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Samuel Whitbread (30 August 1720 – 11 June 1796) was an English brewer and Member of Parliament. In 1742, he established a brewery that in 1799 became Whitbread & Co Ltd.〔 〕 ==Biography== Samuel Whitbread was born at Cardington in Bedfordshire, the seventh of eight children. He left for London aged 14 and became an apprentice to a London brewer, John Witman. He married firstly Harriet Hayton by whom he had two daughters, one of whom, Emma Maria Elizabeth Whitbread, married Henry St John, 13th Baron St John of Bletso and one son, the politician, Samuel Whitbread. He married secondly Lady Mary Cornwallis (1736–70) by whom he had one daughter, Mary Whitbread (1770-1858) who married Sir George Grey, 1st Baronet, 3rd son of Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey of Howick. Whitbread became very rich and bought Lord Torrington's Southill Estate, Elstow Manor, and other substantial property.〔 〕 When he died on 11 June 1796, the Gentleman's Magazine claimed that he was "worth over a million pounds". 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 Whitbread (1720–1796)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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