Godfrey Samuelson

Last updated January 27, 2026

Godfrey Blundell Samuelson (3 June 1863 – 3 November 1941)^[1] was a British Liberal Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1887 to 1892.

Samuelson unsuccessfully contested the 1885 general election in the Tewkesbury division of Gloucestershire.^[2] He was unsuccessful again at the 1886 general election in the Frome division of Somerset, where he was defeated by the Conservative candidate in what had been a Liberal-held seat.^[2]

He entered Parliament the following year, when he was elected at by-election in July 1887 as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Forest of Dean, following the resignation of the Liberal MP Thomas Blake.^[2]

Samuelson did not stand again at the next general election, in 1892.^[2]

References

↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
1 2 3 4 Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1989]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 284, 286, 379. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Godfrey Samuelson

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Preceded by

Thomas Blake

Member of Parliament for Forest of Dean
1887–1892

Succeeded by

Sir Charles Dilke

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[rayment-1] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"

[craig-2] 1 2 3 4 Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1989]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 284, 286, 379. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.

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