Samson Ricardo

Samson Ricardo (1792–1862) was a British politician who served as the Whig MP for Windsor[1] from a by-election in 1855 to 1857.[2] He had failed to win the seat in the 1852 general election and lost it in the 1857 general election.

He was a member of the wealthy Sephardic Jewish Ricardo family of Portuguese origin[3] whose members include the political economist David Ricardo. He was also the business partner of his nephew John Lewis Ricardo, with whom he became an investor and director of the Electric Telegraph Company.

References
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  2. 1857 The Letters of Richard Cobden: Volume III: 1854-1859
  3. Heertje, Arnold (2004). "The Dutch and Portuguese-Jewish background of David Ricardo". European Journal of the History of Economic Thought. 11 (2): 281–294. doi:10.1080/0967256042000209288. S2CID 154424757.


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