Samuel Ferrand Waddington facts for kids
Samuel Ferrand Washington (born 1759) was an English businessman and someone who worked to change things in politics. He was active between 1790 and 1812.
His Life Story
Samuel Ferrand Washington was born in 1759 in a village called Walkeringham in Nottinghamshire, England. He went to a university in Germany and then started working in business. He was involved in the hop trade, which means he bought and sold hops, a plant used in making beer. He lived near Tonbridge in Kent.
During the later part of the American Revolution, he lived in New York City. He joined a group called the "Battalion of the Loyal Volunteers of New York." These were people who stayed loyal to Britain during the war.
After the American Revolution ended, he moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he lived from 1784 to 1795.
When the French Revolution began, he supported the people who wanted big changes in France. In 1795, he led meetings in London. The goal was to ask the King and Parliament to make peace with France. Because of his strong views, he was asked to leave a group called the Surrey Troop of light horses.
In 1806, he wrote a pamphlet (a small book) where he disagreed with another writer named Edmund Burke. Samuel Washington did not like that Burke called the French government "regicide," which means killing a king.
Samuel Washington continued to live in Kent and in an area of London called Southwark until 1812. We don't know the exact date he died.
His Writings
Samuel Ferrand Washington wrote several pamphlets and books. These were often about politics or business. Here are some of his works:
- Remarks on Mr. Burke's Two Letters "on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France," London, 1806
- The Metaphysic of Man, a translation from the German of J. C. Goldbeck, London, 1806
- Letter to Thomas Erskine on the Subject of Forestalling Hops, London, 1799
- An Appeal to British Hop Planters, London, 1805
- The Critical Moment, London, 1805
- Three Letters to that Greatest of Political Apostates George Tierney, London, 1806
- A Letter to the Lord Mayor on Matters of the highest Importance to a Free People, London, 1810
- The Oriental Exposition, presenting to the United Kingdom an open Trade to India and China, London, 1811
- A Key to a Delicate Investigation, London, 1812, published as "Esculapius".
- An Address to the People of the United Kingdom, London, 1812, published as Algernon Sydney.
