Samuel Galton, Jr.

Samuel Galton, Jr.

Samuel "John" Galton Jr. FRS (June 18 1753 - June 19 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.

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.

He married Lucy Barclay (1757-1817). 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.


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