Samuel Dashwood

Sir Samuel Dashwood JP ( – 12 August 1705) was an English merchant and Tory politician. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1702.

Early life The son of Francis Dashwood, a London merchant, by his wife Alice Sleigh, he was a brother of Sir Francis Dashwood, 1st Baronet, and cousin of Sir Robert Dashwood, 1st Baronet. His sister Sarah married Fulke Greville, 5th Baron Brooke in 1665.

Career Dashwood was elected Sheriff of London, and was also knighted, in 1683, and was a Member of Parliament for the City of London in 1685 and 1690.

Dashwood's father was a farmer of the excise, and he himself became a commissioner of excise in 1683. An alderman in 1687, he was removed by James II for refusing to countenance the suspension of the Corporation Act.

In 1702, a colonel in the Lieutenancy of the City, Dashwood was made a Justice of the Peace, based on his willingness to use judicial powers.

Personal life

On 17 May 1670, Dashwood was married to Anne Smith, a daughter of John Smith of Tedworth. Her brother was politician John Smith, who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Together, Samuel and Anne were the parents of four sons and ten daughters, including:

Elizabeth Dashwood, who married Andrew Archer, MP for Warwickshire, in 1702, George Dashwood (1680–1758), MP for Stockbridge who married Katherine Bristow, a daughter of Robert Bristow, MP for Winchelsea. Jane Dashwood, who married William Phillipps, son of Sir Ambrose Phillipps of Garendon. Sophia Dashwood, who married Francis Lewis, MP for East Retford. Henrietta Dashwood (1687–1771), who married Sir Thomas Sebright, 4th Baronet. Sarah Dashwood, who married Richard Crawley, Registrar of the Admiralty. Annabella Dashwood (d. 1771), who married Thomas Medley, of Buxted

Descendants Through his daughter Elizabeth, he was a grandfather of Thomas Archer, 1st Baron Archer (1695–1768), and Henry Archer (1700–1768), who both served as MPs.

Through his daughter Jane, he was a grandfather of Ambrose Phillipps (–1737), MP for Leicestershire.