# Sampson Gideon

> Sampson Gideon was a British banker and philanthropist active in the City of London during the Georgian era. Gideon is most prominently known for his financing of the Hanoverian-Whig government's suppression of the Jacobite rising of 1745, subsequently becoming a trusted "adviser of the Government" who supported the passage of the Jewish Naturalisation Act 1753. Historian James Picciotto, in his 1875 book Sketches of Anglo-Jewish History described Gideon as the "Rothschild of his day" and the "pillar of state credit".

*British banker (1699-1762)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/sampson-gideon

## Identity
- **Born:** 1699
- **Died:** 1762
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 42.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 12.7 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 5.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 30.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 40.0 / 100

## Sources
- [سامسون جدعون](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D8%AF%D8%B9%D9%88%D9%86)
- [Sampson Gideon](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampson_Gideon)
- [Sampson Gideon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampson_Gideon)
- [שמשון גדעון](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%92%D7%93%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%9F)
- [Гидеон, Самсон](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1263308)

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