Samuel Greathead

Samuel Greatheed was born on 7 March 1710 in St Kitts, West Indies.2,3 He was the son of John Greatheed and Frances ... He was the son of John of St Christophers, West Indies and was sent in 1718 to stay with his grandfather and attend school in Bradford, Yorkshire.3 Samuel was he was admitted at Lincolns Inn 14 April 1730. He admitted into Trinity College on 4 May 1730 and was the MP for Coventry 1747-61.1,4 On the death of his father in 1739 Samuel inherited the plantation in St Kitts, but he continued to live in England, leaving the plantation to be managed by the family members living on the plantation.3 He married ... ...5 His wife ... died on before 1747.5 He married Lady Mary Bertie on 21 February 1747 in St George, Hanover Square, London, England, Mary was the eldest daughter of Peregrine the 2nd Duke of Ancaster after a special licence was issued on 17 February.3,6,7 He was elected Whig MP for Coventry in May 1747 and continued to represent Coventry until 1761.3 There are some wonderful busts of Samuel and Mary Greatheed, they were aside the entrance fireplace of St. John's Museum Warwick, though they have since stored them away.3 The earliest parts of the great Guy's Cliffe house that are in ruins today really dates from about 1751, when it was sold to Samuel Greatheed, the son of a West Indies sugar planter from Mr Edwards. His ambition was to create a position for himself in politics and in society.8 He wrote a will on 21 April 1756 in Guy's Cliffe, Warwickshire, England, and added a codicil on 21 April 1766. The will and codicil name his wife Mary, brothers Richard, Marmaduke, Craister, James, sister Mary and nephew Richard Wilson Greatheed.9 He died on 2 August 1765 aged 55.8,4 He was buried in St Mary's Church, Warwick, Warwickshire, England.3 The will of Samuel was proved on 3 March 1766 before Worshipful Arthur Collier a Doctor of Law and Surrogate of the Right Worshipful George Hay who was also a Doctor of Law, Master Keeper or Commissionary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury by the Oath of Hon Lady Mary Greatheed widow, the relict and one of the executors named in the will. The other executors were Thomas Truman and James George Douglas. source http://www.greathead.org/greathead2-o/p529.htm#i13216

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Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 about Samuel Greatheed

Name: Samuel Greatheed

College: TRINITY

More Information: Adm. pens. (age 19) at TRINITY, May 4, 1730. S. of John, of St Christopher's, West Indies. School, Bradford, Yorks. (Mr Butler). Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Apr. 14, 1730. M.P. for Coventry, 1747-61. Died Aug. 2, 1765. (M. H. Peacock.)

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