Samuel Marling

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Sir Samuel Stephens Marling, 1st Baronet (10 April 1810 – 22 October 1883), was a British cloth manufacturer and Liberal Party politician. He was particularly associated with the village of Selsley, Gloucestershire.

Marling in 1850 purchased what became for a century the Marling family estate at Stanley Park, Selsley. ^[1]. His descendants lived there until the estate was broken up in the early 1950s. The house is now converted into flats. As well as a being a successful businessman Marling was a noted philanthropist. In 1865 he established Selsley Church of England School^[2], in 1862 he commissioned All Saints, the village church for Selsley^[3] which is located adjacent to Stanley Park, and later he was one of those responsible for the founding of Marling School, Stroud, in 1887, contributing £10,000 to the cause^[4]. , He was also involved in politics and sat as Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire West from 1868 to 1874 and for Stroud from 1875 to 1880. In 1882 he was created a Baronet, of Stanley Park and Sedbury Park in the County of Gloucester. He died in the next year, aged 73, and was succeeded by his son Sir William Henry Marling.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge Kingscote Edward Arthur Somerset	Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire West with Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge Kingscote 1868–1874	Succeeded by Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge Kingscote Randal Edward Sherborne Plunkett
Preceded by Alfred John Stanton Henry Brand	Member of Parliament for Stroud with Alfred John Stanton 1875–1880	Succeeded by Walter John Stanton Henry Brand
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New creation	Baronet (of Stanley Park and Sedbury Park) 1882–1883	Succeeded by William Henry Marling