Samson Ricardo
Samson Ricardo (1792–1862) was a British politician who served as the Whig MP for Windsor[1] from a to 1857.[2] He had failed to win the seat in the 1852 general election and lost it in the 1857 general election.
He was a member of the wealthy Sephardic Jewish Ricardo family of Portuguese origin[3] whose members include the political economist David Ricardo. 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.
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- ^ They work for you
- ^ 1857 The Letters of Richard Cobden: Volume III: 1854-1859
- ^ 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.
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- 1792 births
- 1862 deaths
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1852–1857
- Whig (British political party) MPs
- UK MP for England stubs