Samuel Galton Jr.

Samuel Galton

Samuel John Galton Jr. FRS (18 June 1753 – 19 June 1832) was an English arms manufacturer.[1] He was born in Duddeston, Birmingham, England, into a Quaker family. He would go on to join his father's gun manufacturing company.[2] He was a member of the Lunar Society in December of 1785 and lived at Great Barr Hall, one of the meeting places for the Lunar Society.[3] He also built a house at Warley Woods, and commissioned Humphry Repton to lay out its grounds.[4]

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  3. ^ Smith, Barbara M. D.; Moilliet, J. L. (1967). "James Keir of the Lunar Society". Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London. 22.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Warley Park (1001301)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 March 2015.