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Masham, Samuel, 1712-1776
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1712-1776
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MASHAM, SAMUEL, 2ND BARON MASHAM, second son of Samuel Masham, 1st Baron Masham, courtier, and Abigail Hill, Bedchamber Woman and Keeper of the Privy Purse to Queen Anne, elder dau. of Francis Hill, London, Levant merchant; b. Nov 1712; adm. Jun 1721; in school list 1729; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 Dec 1729, aged 17; [perhaps Groom of Bedchamber to Frederick, Prince of Wales 4 Dec 1739-51]; returned with two others as MP Droitwich 1747, but his name was erased by order of House of Commons 9 Dec 1747; Auditor-Gen. of the Household to George III when Prince of Wales; succ. father as 2nd Baron Masham 16 Oct 1758; King’s Remembrancer in Exchequer from 10 Nov 1758; granted pension of £1, 000 p. a. Jan 1761; a Lord of the Bedchamber from 27 Mar 1762; m. 1st, 16 Oct 1736 Harriet, sister of Thomas Winnington (qv); m. 2nd, 4 Feb 1762 Charlotte Dive, Maid of Honour to Augusta, Princess of Wales, dau. of John Dive, Queen Square, Westminster, Deputy Teller of the Exchequer; d. 14 Jun 1776. DNB s. v. Abigail Masham, Lady Masham.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.