Samuel Galton Jr.

Samuel Galton Jr.
Samuel Galton
Born(1753-06-18)18 June 1753
Died19 June 1822(1822-06-19) (aged 69)

Samuel John Galton Jr. FRS (18 June 1753 – 19 June 1832) was an English arms manufacturer. He was born in Duddeston, Birmingham, England, into a Quaker family. He would go on to join his father's gun manufacturing company. He was a member of the Lunar Society in December of 1785 and lived at Great Barr Hall, one of the meeting places for the Lunar Society. He also built a house at Warley Woods, and commissioned Humphry Repton to lay out its grounds.