Graves was the son of William Graves and his wife Sarah Elly daughter of Samuel Elly of New Ross. He was educated at a private school at New Ross. He was a merchant and shipowner, and a director of the London and North Western Railway. In 1861 he was mayor of Liverpool. He was a Member of the Royal Commission to inquire into the management of Lights, Buoys, and Beacons. He was commodore of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club and author of "National Dangers," and " A Cruise in the Baltic."[1]
samuel, robert, graves, other, persons, with, similar, names, samuel, graves, disambiguation, june, 1818, january, 1873, irish, born, businessman, conservative, politician, house, commons, united, kingdom, from, 1865, 1873, statue, george, hall, liverpool, gra. For other persons with similar names see Samuel Graves disambiguation Samuel Robert Graves 7 June 1818 18 January 1873 was an Irish born businessman and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1865 to 1873 Statue in St George s Hall Liverpool Graves was the son of William Graves and his wife Sarah Elly daughter of Samuel Elly of New Ross He was educated at a private school at New Ross He was a merchant and shipowner and a director of the London and North Western Railway In 1861 he was mayor of Liverpool He was a Member of the Royal Commission to inquire into the management of Lights Buoys and Beacons He was commodore of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club and author of National Dangers and A Cruise in the Baltic 1 At the 1865 general election Graves was elected Member of Parliament for Liverpool He held the seat until his death in 1873 2 Graves married Elizabeth Haughton daughter of Samuel Haughton of Burrin House Carlow in 1848 1 Graves died at the age of 54 and is buried in Toxteth Park Cemetery See also EditList of statues and sculptures in LiverpoolReferences Edit a b Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870 Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with L part 3 External links EditHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by Samuel GravesParliament of the United KingdomPreceded byThomas HorsfallJoseph Christopher Ewart Member of Parliament for Liverpool1865 1873 With Thomas Horsfall to 1868Viscount Sandon from 1868William Rathbone from 1868 Succeeded byViscount SandonWilliam RathboneJohn Torr This article about a mayor in England is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about a Conservative Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom representing an English constituency and born in the 1810s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Samuel Robert Graves amp oldid 1026751936, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
