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Samuel Galton

English arms manufacturer

  • Fame38.6
  • Momentum0.5
  • Wikipedia189
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Lived 1753–1832, aged 79
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  • Era
    1753–1832
    Aged 79
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Updated 2026-06-12

Samuel John Galton Jr. FRS was an English arms manufacturer. He was born in Duddeston, Birmingham, England, into a Quaker family. He would go on to join his father's gun manufacturing company. He was a member of the Lunar Society in December of 1785 and lived at Great Barr Hall, one of the meeting places for the Lunar Society. He also built a house at Warley Woods, and commissioned Humphry Repton to lay out its grounds.

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