Samuel Enderby, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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English whale oil merchant
Date of Birth: 17-Jan-1719
Place of Birth: London
Date of Death: 12-Sep-1797
Profession: merchant
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Samuel Enderby
- Samuel Enderby (17 January 1719 – 19 September 1797) was an English whale oil merchant.
- In the 18th century, he founded Samuel Enderby & Sons, a prominent shipping, whaling, and sealing company.The Enderby family had been tanners at Bermondsey, and supported Oliver Cromwell.
- Daniel Enderby I raised money for the army in the Long Parliament, as recorded in Hansard.
- The family was granted forfeited estates at Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland, which were sold in 1660.
- After that time, the family was active in the 'oil and Russia trade' and traded with the New England colonies.On 2 June 1752, Samuel Enderby II married Mary Buxton, a daughter of his business partner, at St Paul's Wharf in London.
- Enderby died in 1797, leaving the company to his three sons Charles, Samuel III, and George.Samuel Enderby III (1755-1829) owned Britannia, the ship that made the first successful whale catch off Australia (10 November 1791).
- He was the grandfather of Major-General Charles George Gordon.
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