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Samuel Pattinson (17 December 1870 – 15 November 1942)^[1] was a British businessman and Liberal politician.

Early life and family

Samuel Pattinson was born on 17 December 1870 in Ruskington, the son of a contractor and businessman, William Pattinson (d. 1906), and his wife Anne (1833–1916). His father ran the building company Messrs. Pattinson and Son alongside serving as chairman of Ruskington Urban District Council.^[2]^[3]^[4] Pattinson was educated at Abingdon House School,^[2] and Carre's Grammar School^[5] in Sleaford with his brother Robert (d. 1954), an active politician who chaired Kesteven County Council between 1934 and his death. Their eldest brother, John (d. 1939), was involved in the family business, supervising contracts in Liverpool and the south of England, before moving back to Lincolnshire; he represented Heckington and Sleaford on the County Council, became a justice of the peace and served as vice-chairman of the Sleaford Bench.^[6]

Pattinson married Betsy Sharpley Bainbridge on 14 April 1897. She was the second daughter of a draper, George Bainbridge JP, of Portland House on South Park, Lincoln, and his first wife Annie, daughter of Edward Penniston JP of Doncaster.^[7]^[8] Following his father-in-law's death in 1916,^[8] Pattinson carried on the business with several other men and later became a director.^[9]^[10]

Career

The Pattinson family ran a successful builder's merchants in Sleaford, Lincolnshire,^[11]^{[page needed]} of which Samuel was a director. He was also a director of Bainbridge's Ltd in Lincoln, his wife's father's company.

Politics

Local politics

Pattinson was an Alderman of Kesteven County Council and later for Lincolnshire County Council, on which he served as Chairman of the Finance Committee. He was also Justice of the Peace for the County.^[12]

Parliamentary politics

He first contested a Parliamentary seat at the 1918 general election when he stood as Liberal candidate in Horncastle.^[13]^{[page needed]} As a supporter of H H Asquith he was not given the government coupon which was granted to Coalition Unionist William Weigall. Pattinson tried again at Horncastle at the by-election of 1920 which was called when Weigall was appointed Governor of South Australia but he lost by 1,413 votes to the Coalition Conservative, Stafford Vere Hotchkin.

Pattinson was eventually elected to the House of Commons at the 1922 general election, beating the Conservative candidate by 1,639.^[14]^{[page needed]} He held the seat at the 1923 general election with a majority of 1,819 ^[15]^{[page needed]} but he could not retain it in 1924 losing to Conservative candidate Henry Cobden Haslam, a science researcher from Cambridge University, by 1,169 votes ^[16]

Bonar Law

Despite his Liberal affiliations, Pattison was obviously an admirer of Tory leader Bonar Law. In December 1922 he informed his constituents in Horncastle that Bonar Law was ‘the finest leader the House of Commons had seen for a very long time. [He]..held the House of Commons in the hollow of his hand". Pattinson said although he differed in political viewpoint from Bonar Law, he admired him greatly and believed he honestly wished to do his best for the country.^[17] By this time of course Bonar Law was prime minister having replaced David Lloyd George when his Liberal-Conservative coalition fell after the Carlton Club meeting of 19 October 1922. As an Asquithian Liberal, it is unlikely Pattinson had much regard for Lloyd George and his view of Bonar Law might have been coloured by this. By December 1922, the general election was over, so Pattison had no need to flatter Bonar Law to his constituents to try and earn Conservative votes.

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)
^ ^a ^b Dod's Parliamentary Companion. 1923. p. 350
^ "Death of Mr. Wm. Pattinson". Grantham Journal. 16 June 1906. p. 6. Retrieved 19 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Lincolnshire Day by Day". Lincolnshire Echo. 3 July 1916. p. 4. Retrieved 19 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ Ellis, C. W. R. (1954), Carre's Grammar School: 1604–1954, Sleaford: W.K. Morton & Sons, p. 43, OCLC 40597553
^ "Sleaford J.P.'s death". Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph. 31 March 1939. p. 3. Retrieved 19 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Ruskington". Lincolnshire Free Press. 20 April 1897. p. 8. Retrieved 19 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ ^a ^b "Death of Mr. Geo. Bainbridge, J.P., of Lincoln". Lincolnshire Echo. 16 February 1916. p. 2. Retrieved 19 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Bainbridge's Ltd". Lincolnshire Echo. 1 June 1916. p. 3. Retrieved 19 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Kesteven Alderman's Death". Grantham Journal. 20 November 1942. p. 7. Retrieved 19 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ The Times 26 February 1955
^ "Pattinson, Samuel". Who was Who. Oxford University Press
^ The Times, 26 November 1918
^ The Times, 27 November 1923
^ The Times, 15 October 1924
^ The Times House of Commons; Politico’s Publishing 2003, p 92
^ R J Q Adams, Bonar Law; John Murray, 1999 p341

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Stafford Hotchkin	Member of Parliament for Horncastle 1922–1924	Succeeded by Henry Haslam

[1] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 4)

[:1-2] Dod's Parliamentary Companion. 1923. p. 350

[3] "Death of Mr. Wm. Pattinson". Grantham Journal. 16 June 1906. p. 6. Retrieved 19 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[4] "Lincolnshire Day by Day". Lincolnshire Echo. 3 July 1916. p. 4. Retrieved 19 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[5] Ellis, C. W. R. (1954), Carre's Grammar School: 1604–1954, Sleaford: W.K. Morton & Sons, p. 43, OCLC 40597553

[6] "Sleaford J.P.'s death". Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph. 31 March 1939. p. 3. Retrieved 19 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[7] "Ruskington". Lincolnshire Free Press. 20 April 1897. p. 8. Retrieved 19 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[:2-8] "Death of Mr. Geo. Bainbridge, J.P., of Lincoln". Lincolnshire Echo. 16 February 1916. p. 2. Retrieved 19 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[9] "Bainbridge's Ltd". Lincolnshire Echo. 1 June 1916. p. 3. Retrieved 19 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[:0-10] "Kesteven Alderman's Death". Grantham Journal. 20 November 1942. p. 7. Retrieved 19 October 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[11] The Times 26 February 1955

[12] "Pattinson, Samuel". Who was Who. Oxford University Press

[13] The Times, 26 November 1918

[14] The Times, 27 November 1923

[15] The Times, 15 October 1924

[16] The Times House of Commons; Politico’s Publishing 2003, p 92

[17] R J Q Adams, Bonar Law; John Murray, 1999 p341

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-'''Samuel Pattinson''' (17 December 1870 – 15 November 1942)<ref>http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Hcommons4.htm</ref> was  a British businessman and [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] politician.
+{{Short description|British businessman and Liberal politician}}
+{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}
+{{Use British English|date=May 2017}}
+[[File:Samuel_Pattinson.jpg|thumb|right|Samuel Pattinson]]
+'''Samuel Pattinson''' (17 December 1870 – 15 November 1942)<ref>{{Rayment-hc|H|4|date=January 2024}}</ref> was  a British businessman and [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] politician.
-==Family and education==
+== Early life and family ==
+Samuel Pattinson was born on 17 December 1870 in [[Ruskington]], the son of a contractor and businessman, William Pattinson (d. 1906), and his wife Anne (1833–1916). His father ran the building company Messrs. Pattinson and Son alongside serving as chairman of Ruskington [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|Urban District Council]].<ref name=":1">''Dod's Parliamentary Companion''. 1923. p. 350</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000400/19060616/056/0006|title = Death of Mr. Wm. Pattinson|date = 16 June 1906|work = Grantham Journal|access-date = 19 October 2015|via = British Newspaper Archive|page = 6}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000332/19160703/086/0004|title = Lincolnshire Day by Day|date = 3 July 1916|work = Lincolnshire Echo|access-date = 19 October 2015|via = British Newspaper Archive|page = 4}}</ref> Pattinson was educated at Abingdon House School,<ref name=":1" /> and [[Carre's Grammar School]]<ref>{{Citation |last=Ellis| first=C. W. R. |title=Carre's Grammar School: 1604–1954 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=FTFTXwAACAAJ |publisher=W.K. Morton & Sons |year=1954 |location=Sleaford |oclc=40597553 |page=43}}</ref> in [[Sleaford]] with his brother [[Sir Robert Pattinson|Robert]] (d. 1954), an active politician who chaired [[Kesteven County Council]] between 1934 and his death. Their eldest brother, John (d. 1939), was involved in the family business, supervising contracts in [[Liverpool]] and the south of England, before moving back to Lincolnshire; he represented [[Heckington]] and Sleaford on the County Council, became a justice of the peace and served as vice-chairman of the Sleaford Bench.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001336/19390331/076/0003|title = Sleaford J.P.'s death|date = 31 March 1939|work = Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph|access-date = 19 October 2015|via = British Newspaper Archive|page = 3}}</ref>
-Samuel Pattinson was the son of William Pattinson, a [[Justice of the Peace]] from [[Ruskington]] in [[Lincolnshire]]. He was educated at Abingdon House School in [[Northampton]]. In 1897 he married Betsy Sharpley Bainbridge from Lincoln. They had one son and a daughter.<ref name="Who was Who, OUP 2007">''Who was Who'', OUP 2007</ref>
+Pattinson married Betsy Sharpley Bainbridge on 14 April 1897. She was the second daughter of a draper, George Bainbridge [[Justice of the Peace|JP]], of Portland House on South Park, Lincoln, and his first wife Annie, daughter of Edward Penniston [[Justice of the Peace|JP]] of Doncaster.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001122/18970420/174/0008|title = Ruskington|date = 20 April 1897|work = Lincolnshire Free Press|access-date = 19 October 2015|via = British Newspaper Archive|page = 8}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url = http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000332/19160216/019/0002|title = Death of Mr. Geo. Bainbridge, J.P., of Lincoln|date = 16 February 1916|work = Lincolnshire Echo|access-date = 19 October 2015|via = British Newspaper Archive|page = 2}}</ref> Following his father-in-law's death in 1916,<ref name=":2"/> Pattinson carried on the business with several other men and later became a director.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000332/19160601/076/0003|title = Bainbridge's Ltd.|date = 1 June 1916|work = Lincolnshire Echo|access-date = 19 October 2015|via = British Newspaper Archive|page = 3}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url = http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000400/19421120/185/0007|title = Kesteven Alderman's Death|date = 20 November 1942|work = Grantham Journal|access-date = 19 October 2015|via = British Newspaper Archive|page = 7}}</ref>
-===A Liberal family===
-The Pattinson family had strong Liberal political connections. The husband of Samuel Pattinson’s  sister, Annie, was [[Richard Winfrey]] who was Liberal MP for [[South West Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|South West Norfolk]] from 1906–1923 and for [[Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency)|Gainsborough]] from 1923-24. His own brother, Robert Pattinson, who was [[knighted]] in 1934, was Liberal MP for [[Grantham (UK Parliament constituency)|Grantham]] from 1922-23.<ref>''Northamptonshire Past and Present'', Northamptonshire Record Society., 1992 p317</ref>
 ==Career==
-The Pattinson family ran a successful builder’s merchants in [[Sleaford]], Lincolnshire,<ref>The Times, 26 February 1955</ref> of which Samuel was a director. He was also a director of Bainbridge’s Ltd in Lincoln, his wife’s father’s company.
+The Pattinson family ran a successful builder's merchants in [[Sleaford]], Lincolnshire,<ref>''The Times'' 26 February 1955</ref>{{page needed|date=July 2021}} of which Samuel was a director. He was also a director of Bainbridge's Ltd in Lincoln, his wife's father's company.
 ==Politics==
 ===Local politics===
-Pattinson was an [[Alderman]] of [[Kesteven]] County Council and later for [[Lincolnshire County Council]], on which he served as Chairman of the Finance Committee. He was also Justice of the Peace for the County.<ref name="Who was Who, OUP 2007"/>
+Pattinson was an [[Alderman]] of [[Kesteven]] County Council and later for [[Lincolnshire County Council]], on which he served as Chairman of the Finance Committee. He was also Justice of the Peace for the County.<ref>"Pattinson, Samuel". ''Who was Who''. Oxford University Press</ref>
 ===Parliamentary politics===
-He first contested a Parliamentary seat at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1918|1918 general election]] when he stood as Liberal candidate in [[Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency)|Horncastle]].<ref>The Times, 26 November 1918</ref> As a supporter of [[H H Asquith]] he was not given the [[The Coalition Coupon|government coupon]] which was granted to  [[Conservative Party (UK)|Coalition Unionist]]  [[William Weigall]]. Pattinson tried again at Horncastle at the [[Horncastle by-election, 1920|by-election of 1920]] which was called when Weigall was appointed [[Governor of South Australia]] but he lost by 1,413 votes to the Coalition Conservative, [[Stafford Vere Hotchkin]].
+He first contested a Parliamentary seat at the [[1918 United Kingdom general election|1918 general election]] when he stood as Liberal candidate in [[Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency)|Horncastle]].<ref>''The Times'', 26 November 1918</ref>{{page needed|date=July 2021}} As a supporter of [[H H Asquith]] he was not given the [[The Coalition Coupon|government coupon]] which was granted to  [[Conservative Party (UK)|Coalition Unionist]]  [[William Weigall]]. Pattinson tried again at Horncastle at the [[1920 Horncastle by-election|by-election of 1920]] which was called when Weigall was appointed [[Governor of South Australia]] but he lost by 1,413 votes to the Coalition Conservative, [[Stafford Vere Hotchkin]].
+Pattinson was eventually elected to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] at the [[1922 United Kingdom general election|1922 general election]], beating the Conservative candidate by 1,639.<ref>''The Times'', 27 November 1923</ref>{{page needed|date=July 2021}} He held the seat at the [[1923 United Kingdom general election|1923 general election]] with a majority of 1,819 <ref>''The Times'', 15 October 1924</ref>{{page needed|date=July 2021}} but he could not retain it in [[1924 United Kingdom general election|1924]] losing to Conservative candidate [[Henry Cobden Haslam]], a science researcher from [[Cambridge University]], by 1,169 votes <ref>''The Times House of Commons''; Politico’s Publishing 2003, p 92</ref>
-===Member of Parliament for Horncastle===
-Pattinson was eventually elected to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1922|1922 general election]], beating the Conservative candidate by 1,639.<ref>The Times, 27 November 1923</ref> He held the seat at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1923|1923 general election]] with a majority of 1,819 <ref>The Times, 15 October 1924</ref> but he could not retain it in [[United Kingdom general election, 1924|1924]] losing to Conservative candidate [[Henry Cobden Haslam]], a science researcher from [[Cambridge University]], by 1,169 votes <ref>''The Times House of Commons''; Politico’s Publishing 2003, p 92</ref>
 ===Bonar Law===
-Despite his Liberal affiliations, Pattison was obviously an admirer of [[Tory]] leader [[Bonar Law|Andrew Bonar Law]]. In December 1922 he informed his constituents in Horncastle that Bonar Law was ‘the finest leader the House of Commons had seen for a very long time. [He]..held the House of Commons in the hollow of his hand”.  Pattinson said although he differed in political viewpoint from Bonar Law, he admired him greatly and believed he honestly wished to do his best for the country.<ref>R J Q Adams, ''Bonar Law''; John Murray, 1999 p341</ref> By this time of course Bonar Law was [[prime minister]] having replaced [[David Lloyd George]] when his Liberal-Conservative coalition fell after the Carlton Club meeting of 19 October 1922. As an Asquithian Liberal, it is unlikely Pattinson had much regard for Lloyd George and his view of Bonar Law might have been coloured by this. By December 1922, the general election was over, so Pattison had no need to flatter Bonar Law to his constituents to try and earn Conservative votes.
+Despite his Liberal affiliations, Pattison was obviously an admirer of [[Tory]] leader [[Bonar Law]]. In December 1922 he informed his constituents in Horncastle that Bonar Law was ‘the finest leader the House of Commons had seen for a very long time. [He]..held the House of Commons in the hollow of his hand". Pattinson said although he differed in political viewpoint from Bonar Law, he admired him greatly and believed he honestly wished to do his best for the country.<ref>[[R J Q Adams]], ''Bonar Law''; John Murray, 1999 p341</ref> By this time of course Bonar Law was [[prime minister]] having replaced [[David Lloyd George]] when his Liberal-Conservative coalition fell after the [[Carlton Club meeting]] of 19 October 1922. As an Asquithian Liberal, it is unlikely Pattinson had much regard for Lloyd George and his view of Bonar Law might have been coloured by this. By December 1922, the general election was over, so Pattison had no need to flatter Bonar Law to his constituents to try and earn Conservative votes.
 ==References==
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+{{Reflist|30em}}
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- | title  = [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency)|Horncastle]]
+ | title  = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Horncastle (UK Parliament constituency)|Horncastle]]
- | years  = [[United Kingdom general election, 1922|1922]]–[[United Kingdom general election, 1924|1924]]
+ | years  = [[1922 United Kingdom general election|1922]]–[[1924 United Kingdom general election|1924]]
- | before = [[Stafford Vere Hotchkin]]
+ | before = [[Stafford Hotchkin]]
- | after  = [[Henry Cobden Haslam|Henry Haslam]]
+ | after  = [[Henry Haslam]]
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