Samuel Lithgow CBE (c. 1860 - 9 September 1937) was a solicitor and local politician involved in social and temperance work. Born in Marylebone, he was the son of Samuel Lithgow, a house paintet, and his wife Mary Mason née Hall. He became a solicitor, eventually working at the Supreme Court. In 1891 he founded the Stanhope Institute for Working Men and Women, and was a governor of the North Western Polytechnic. A member of the Liberal Party, he stood as a candidate at Devonport at general elections in 1910 and 1918, without success.
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| - Samuel Lithgow CBE (c. 1860 - 9 September 1937) was a solicitor and local politician involved in social and temperance work. Born in Marylebone, he was the son of Samuel Lithgow, a house paintet, and his wife Mary Mason née Hall. He became a solicitor, eventually working at the Supreme Court. In 1891 he founded the Stanhope Institute for Working Men and Women, and was a governor of the North Western Polytechnic. A member of the Liberal Party, he stood as a candidate at Devonport at general elections in 1910 and 1918, without success.
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| - Samuel Lithgow CBE (c. 1860 - 9 September 1937) was a solicitor and local politician involved in social and temperance work. Born in Marylebone, he was the son of Samuel Lithgow, a house paintet, and his wife Mary Mason née Hall. He became a solicitor, eventually working at the Supreme Court. In 1891 he founded the Stanhope Institute for Working Men and Women, and was a governor of the North Western Polytechnic. A member of the Liberal Party, he stood as a candidate at Devonport at general elections in 1910 and 1918, without success. He sat as a Progressive Party member of the London County Council from 1910-13 representing St Pancras West. He was awarded the CBE in the 1928 Birthday Honours for his work as Chairman of the St. Marylebone and Paddington Local Employment Committee. He died at a nursing home in Norwich, following an operation, aged 77.
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