Sampson Eardley, first baron Eardley

(1744-1824)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Eardley, Sampson Gideon Eardley, Baron, 1744-1824 LBT ID: LdEardl VIAF ID: 75879634 LOC ID: no91020310	B/BAP: 1744 DIED: 1824-12-25
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (February 1825) 180-81; Virtual International Authority File; thePeerage.com; LOC Name Authority File
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.
REFERENCES TO Sampson Eardley, first baron Eardley: Lord Byron to Samuel Rogers, [7 June 1814?] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Found 1: ¶ 1 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter IV. 1813-1814.