Samuel Storey

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Samuel Storey (13 January 184018 January 1925) was a British Conservative Party politician.

Storey was born in Whitburn, County Durham, the son of Robert Storey. From 1876-78 he was Mayor of Sunderland and again in 1880 before being elected as the town's MP in 1881. He held the post until 1895 and also held it briefly from Jan-Dec, 1910. In between tenures, he had been Chairman of Durham County Council from 1894-97 and 1898-1905.

His namesake grandson was Samuel Storey, Baron Buckton.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Sir Henry Havelock-Allan
Member of Parliament for Sunderland
with Edward Gourley

1881–1895
Succeeded by
Sir William Doxford
Preceded by
James Stuart
and Thomas Summerbell
Member of Parliament for Sunderland
with James Knott

January 1910December 1910
Succeeded by
Sir Hamar Greenwood
and Frank Goldstone