Samuel Whitbread

Samuel Whitebread

(30 August 1720 - 11 June 1796)

Samuel Whitebread was an English brewer and a member of the English Parliament.

Biography

Samuel Whitebread was one the seventh of eight children. He was born at Cardington near Bedfordshire. At the age of fourteen he moved to London and worked as an apprentice at a brewery. 
In 1742 Samuel Whitebread invested 2,600 pounds into two small breweries owned by the Shewell family. He started brewing at the Goat Brewhouse, which produced porter.