Samson Ricardo
Samson Israel Ricardo | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Windsor | |
| In office 1855–1857 Serving with Charles William Grenfell | |
| Preceded by | Lord Charles Wellesley |
| Succeeded by | William Vansittart |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 November 1792 London, England |
| Died | 14 November 1862 (aged 69) Grosvenor Place, London England |
| Political party | Whig |
| Relations | David Ricardo (brother) |
| Parent(s) | Abraham Israel Ricardo Abigail Delvalle |
| Occupation | Businessman, politician |
Samson Israel Ricardo (19 November 1792 – 14 November 1862) was a British politician who served as the Whig Member of Parliament (MP).
Early life
Ricardo was born in London on 19 November 1792 into the wealthy family of Portuguese origin.[1] He was a younger son of successful stockbroker Abraham Israel Ricardo and Abigail (née Delvalle) Ricardo, a daughter of Abraham Delvalle (also "del Valle"). Among his siblings were the political economist David Ricardo and financier Jacob Ricardo, who was the father of John Lewis Ricardo.[2]
The Ricardo family were Sephardic Jews of Portuguese origin who had recently relocated from the Dutch Republic.[3] His maternal aunt, Rebecca Delvalle, was wife of the engraver Wilson Lowry, mother of the engraver Joseph Wilson Lowry as well as the geologist, mineralogist, and author Delvalle Lowry.[4][5][3][6]
Career
He was also the business partner of his nephew John Lewis Ricardo, with whom he became an investor and director of the Electric Telegraph Company.[7]
Ricardo was elected as MP for Windsor[8] a by-election from 1855 to 1857.[9] He had failed to win the seat in the 1852 general election and lost it in the 1857 general election.
Personal life
Ricardo died at Grosvenor Place in London on 14 November 1862.[10]
References
- ^ Heertje, Arnold (2004). "The Dutch and Portuguese-Jewish background of David Ricardo". European Journal of the History of Economic Thought. 11 (2): 281–294. doi:10.1080/0967256042000209288. S2CID 154424757.
- ^ Sraffa, Piero; David Ricardo (1955), The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo: Volume 10, Biographical Miscellany, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, p. 434, ISBN 0-521-06075-3
{{citation}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - ^ a b Heertje, Arnold (2004). "The Dutch and Portuguese-Jewish background of David Ricardo". European Journal of the History of Economic Thought. 11 (2): 281–294. doi:10.1080/0967256042000209288. S2CID 154424757.
- ^ David Ricardo, D. Weatherall, Springer Netherlands, 2012, p. 6
- ^ Anglo-Jewish Portraits- A Biographical Catalogue of Engraved Anglo-Jewish and Colonial Portraits from the Earliest Times to the Accession of Queen Victoria, Alfred Rubens, Jewish Museum, London, 1935, p. 69
- ^ Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (2 September 2004). "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. ref:odnb/23471. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/23471. Retrieved 14 December 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Distant Writing - Electric Telegraph Company". distantwriting.co.uk. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
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- ^ 1857 The Letters of Richard Cobden: Volume III: 1854-1859
- ^ Rubinstein, W.; Jolles, Michael A. (27 January 2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Springer. p. 799. ISBN 978-0-230-30466-6. Retrieved 28 May 2024.