Samuel Brain

Samuel Arthur Brain (4 May 1850 – 19 February 1902) was a brewery entrepreneur in Cardiff, Wales, founder of Brain's Brewery. He was also a JP and local councillor, becoming an alderman and Mayor of Cardiff.

Background Brain was born in Bristol on 4 May 1850, to Samuel Brain, a timber merchant, and his wife, Emma who were both Welsh. He married in 1872 the daughter of Mr J. Thomas, the owner of Cardiff's Old Brewery. The business went from producing 100 barrels of beer a week for its 11 licensed public houses, to producing 1,000 barrels of beer and owning 80 public houses in 1900. After ward boundary changes in 1891, Brain was elected councillor for the Grangetown ward, despite it being a 'Radical' supporting, working class district.