Samuel Martin MP

Profile & Legacies Summary

1^st Sep 1714 - 20^th Nov 1788

Biography

First son of Samuel Martin of Antigua (q.v.) and his first wife, Frances, daughter of John Yeamans, attorney-general of Antigua. Half-brother of Henry Martin (q.v.), William Byam Martin and Josiah Martin, governor of North Carolina, 1771-75. Educated at Westminster school, Trinity college Cambridge and the Inner Temple. Called to the bar in 1736 and a bencher in 1766.

Martin was deputy agent for Antigua 1742-4, agent for Monserrat 1742-9 and for Nevis 1744-50. He was secretary to the chancellor of the Exchequer April 1754-November 1755, secretary of the Treasury November 1756-April 1757 and again April 1758-April 1763. Treasurer to the Princess of Wales October 1757-8 February 1772. In 1772 granted a pension for life of £1,200 per annum.

Under his will he left his unnamed plantation on Antigua (Green Castle) to his brother Henry.

Sources

Lewis Namier, 'Martin, Samuel (1714-1788), of Abingdon Buildings' in History of Parliament online; will of Samuel Martin of Saint James Westminster proved 25/11/1788, PROB 11/1172/152.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

School

Westminster

University

Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal Education

Inner Temple [Called to the bar 1736; a bencher, 1766. ]

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