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Samuel Whitbread II

Also known as: Samuel Whitbread II; primary name: Whitbread, Samuel
Details: individual; politician/statesman; British; Male
Life dates: 1764-1815
Biography: Radical MP for Bedfordshire; son of Samuel, the brewer A Whig until 1812. His support for peace with Napoleonic France and for moderate parliamentary reform placed him at the margins of politics. An early supporter of Caroline of Brunswick. He committed suicide after a period of illness on 6th July 1815. Source Oxford DNB.
Bibliography: Stephen Deuchar, 'Painting, politics and porter: SW II and British art', London 1984 DR Fisher, Entry for Samuel Whitbread in Oxford DNB. https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/29231

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