Sampson Eardley, first baron Eardley (1744-1824)
The son of Sampson Gideon, a West India merchant; he was a Jewish stockbroker of
Portuguese descent, created baronet in 1759, MP for Coventry (1784, 1790), raised to the
peerage in 1789.
The son of Sampson Gideon, a West India merchant; he was a Jewish stockbroker of
Portuguese descent, created baronet in 1759, MP for Coventry (1784, 1790), raised to the
peerage in 1789.