Godfrey Samuelson

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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]

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References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
  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.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Forest of Dean
18871892
Succeeded by