Samuel Smiles (1812 - 1904)

Born 23 Dec 1812 in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland

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Died 16 Apr 1904 at age 91 in Kensington, London, England

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Samuel Smiles was born in Scotland.

Samuel Smiles (22 December 1812 – 16 April 1904) was a Scottish author and government reformer. His masterpiece, Self-Help (1859), promoted thrift and claimed that poverty was caused largely by irresponsible habits, while also attacking materialism and laissez-faire government. It has been called "the bible of mid-Victorian liberalism" and raised Smiles to celebrity status almost overnight.

Samuel Smiles, son of Samuel Smiles and Janet Wilson was born on 22 December 1812 and baptised on 30 December 1812 in the parish of Haddington, East Lothian.^[1]

By 1841, Samuel had moved to Leeds and was working as a newspaper editor and lodging with his sister Janet in the house of Jean Lester.^[2]

Samuel married Sarah Anne Holmes Dixon in St Peter's Church, Leeds on 7 December 1843.^[3]

By 1847 the family was living in Woodhouse and Samuel was working as Secretary to the Leeds and Thirsk Railway when his three eldest children were baptised on the same day, 24 November, in St Mark, Woodhouse Church in Leeds.^[4]

The family remained in Woodhouse for several years and by 1851 was living at 9 Blenheim Square with Samuel's 19-year-old sister Christian.^[5]

Samuel died at his home, Pembroke Gardens, Kensington London on 16 April 1904^[6][7][8]

Samuel and Sarah had five children:

1. Janet Mary Smiles (b Leeds 1844)^[9]
2. William Holmes Smiles (b Leeds 1846)^[10]
3. Edith Smiles (b Woodhouse, Yorkshire 1847)^[11]
4. Samuel Smiles (b Leeds, Yorkshire 1852)^[12]
5. Lilian Smiles (b Leeds, Yorkshire 1854)^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTY3-KRZ : 12 February 2020), Samuel Smiles, 1812.
2. ↑ 1841 census; Class: HO107; Piece: 1349; Book: 2; Civil Parish: Leeds Town; County: Yorkshire; Enumeration District: 12; Folio: 12; Page: 17; Line: 15; GSU roll: 464292; Ancestry.com. 1841 England Census [database on-line]; Ancestry Sharing Link
3. ↑ West Yorkshire Archive Service; Leeds, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; Reference Number: RDP68/5/15; Ancestry.com. West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813-1935 [database on-line]; Ancestry Sharing Link
4. ↑ West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: RDP108/1; Ancestry.com. West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910 [database on-line]; Ancestry Sharing Link
5. ↑ 1851 Census; Class: HO107; Piece: 2321; Folio: 1051; Page: 25; GSU roll: 87549-87552; Ancestry.com. 1851 England Census [database on-line]; Ancestry Sharing Link
6. ↑ General Register Office for England & Wales; SMILES, SAMUEL ; age 91; GRO Reference: 1904 J Quarter in KENSINGTON Volume 01A Page 58; via https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp
7. ↑ Evening Mail, London; 18 April 1904; page 8; col a; image (£) via findmypast.co.uk
8. ↑ Linlithgowshire Gazette; 22 April 1904; page 3; col c; image(£) via findmypast.co.uk
9. ↑ General Register Office Indexes; SMILES, JANET MARY; Mother's Surname: HOLMES; GRO Reference: 1844 S Quarter in LEEDS Volume 23 Page 42; from https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp
10. ↑ General Register Office Indexes; SMILES, WILLIAM HOLMES; Mother's Surname: HOLMES; GRO Reference: 1846 M Quarter in LEEDS Volume 23 Page 510; from https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp
11. ↑ General Register Office Indexes; SMILES, EDITH; Mother's Surname: HOLMES; GRO Reference: 1847 D Quarter in LEEDS Volume 23 Page 432; from https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp
12. ↑ General Register Office Indexes; SMILES, SAMUEL; Mother's Surname: HOLMES; GRO Reference: 1852 M Quarter in LEEDS Volume 09B Page 404; from https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp
13. ↑ General Register Office Indexes; SMILES, LILIAN; Mother's Surname: HOLMES; GRO Reference: 1854 S Quarter in LEEDS Volume 09B Page 402; from https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp

See also:

• Wikipedia contributors. (2020, December 20). Samuel Smiles. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10:12, January 6, 2021, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Smiles&oldid=995363410
• Wikidata: Item Q1195422