Samuel Galton, Jr.

Samuel "John" Galton Jr. FRS (18 June 1753 - 19 June 1832), born in Duddeston, Birmingham, England. Despite being a Quaker he was an arms manufacturer. He was a member of the Lunar Society and lived at Great Barr Hall.

He married Lucy Barclay (1757–1817). They had the following children:

Galton owned 300 acres (120 ha) of land at Westhay Moor, Somerset, which he had drained, by constructing Galton's Canal.[1]

Commemoration

Galton Bridge at Smethwick is named in his honour, and he is remembered by the Moonstones in Birmingham and a tower block in the centre of that city.

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