Sir Samuel Roberts, 2nd Baronet JP (2 September 1882 – 13 December 1955) was a British politician.
Samuel Roberts | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Sheffield Ecclesall | |
| In office 30 May 1929 – 25 October 1935 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Pulley |
| Succeeded by | Frank Owen |
| Member of Parliament for Hereford | |
| In office 11 January 1921 – 10 May 1929 | |
| Preceded by | Albert Harland |
| Succeeded by | Geoffrey Ellis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Samuel Roberts |
| Alma mater | Harrow School Trinity College |
Son of the Sheffield Ecclesall MP Samuel Roberts, Roberts grew up at Queen's Tower in Norfolk Park, Sheffield. He attended Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge before becoming a solicitor.[1]
In 1913, Roberts became a Justice of the Peace, and in 1919, the Lord Mayor of Sheffield. In 1921, he was elected as the Conservative Party MP for Hereford, and at the 1929 general election he switched to represent his father's former constituency of Sheffield Ecclesall. He stood down at the 1935 general election, serving that year as the Master Cutler.
References
edit- ^ "Roberts, Samuel (RBRS900S)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- Michael Stenton and Stephen Lees, Who's Who of British MPs: Volume III, 1919-1945