Men-at-the-Bar/Pope, Samuel

by Joseph Foster

Pope, Samuel, Q.C., recorder of Bolton since 1869, contested Stoke 1857 and Bolton 1865 and 1868, a member of the Northern circuit, J.P., D.L. co. Merioneth, a student of the Middle Temple 13 Nov., 1855, called to the bar 7 June, 1858, O.C. 23 June, 1869, bencher 27 Jan., 1870 (eldest son of Samuel Pope, of London, merchant); born 11 Dec., 1826; married , 1848, Hannah, dau. of late Thomas Bury, Esq., of Timperley Lodge, Cheshire; she died , 1880.

Hafod-y-bryn, Llanbedr, Merionethshire; 20, Holland Park, W.; 38, Parliament Street, S.W.; 3, King's Bench Walk (North), Temple, E.C.; Reform and Whitehall Clubs, S.W.; Clarence, Brazenose, and Reform Clubs (Manchester).