Samuel Whitbread (1764-1815)
Samuel Whitbread (1753-1815) MP, of Whitbread
1764 Born at Cardington, the only son of Samuel Whitbread and his wife Harriet
1775 Attended Eton College
1780 Entered Christ Church College, Oxford
1782 Moved to Jesus College, Cambridge
1788 Married Elizabeth Grey
1790 Elected MP for Bedford, the seat his father had held for many years
1796 On the death of his father he inherited the brewery, some London property, and estates in seven counties.
He later consolidated and increased his Bedfordshire estates and sold most of the outlying lands.
1798 He carried on the brewery business alone for two years, but took in three partners in 1798 and three more in 1800, freeing himself from the need to personally manage the brewery, whilst remaining individually responsible for the brewery's finances.