Samuel Galton, Jr.
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Samuel "John" Galton Jr. FRS (1753-1832), born in 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.
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.
He married Lucy Barclay (1757-1817). They had the following children
- Mary Anne Galton (1778-1856), married Lambert Schimmelpenick in 1806
- Sophia Galton (1782-1863) married Charles Brewin in 1833
- Samuel Tertius Galton (1783-1844) (whose son Francis Galton]) was also notable)
- Theodore Galton (1784-1810)
- Adele Galton (1784-1869) married John Kaye Booth in 1827, dsp.
- Hubert John Barclay Galton (1789-1864)
- Ewen Cameron Galton, (1791-1800), died aged 9.
- John Howard Galton (1794-1862), father of Douglas Strutt Galton.
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