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{{Short description|Fremantle, Western Australia businessman}}
'''Lionel Samson''' (1799-15 March 1878) was an early [[Swan River Colony]] settler and [[businessman]] whose firm, Lionel Samson & Son, is the oldest continuing family business in Australia.▼
[[File:Lionel Samson SLWA b6381309 (cropped).png|thumb|Samson in about 1870.]]
▲[[File:PerthGazette 1833 06 01 1 ditto.jpg|thumb|320px|right|An advertisement by Lionel Samson in the first issue of Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal (later [[The West Australian]]), 1 June 1833.]]'''Lionel Samson''' (1799-15 March 1878) was an early [[Swan River Colony]] settler and [[businessman]] whose firm, Lionel Samson & Son, is the second oldest continuing family business in Australia.
 
It is likely his father was Michael Samson, “a"a member of one of the old established and wealthy families of English [[Jew]]ry”Jewry", according to the [[Australian Dictionary of Biography]].<ref>{{cite webbook |url=http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020372b.htm |title= Samson, Lionel (1799 - 18781799–1878) |accessdate=4 January 2009 |last=Mossenson |first=David |chapter= Lionel Samson (1799–1878) |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography}}</ref> After studying at [[Oxford University]] and being a member of the [[London Stock Exchange]] he emigrated to [[Western Australia]].
 
Samson arrived at [[Fremantle, Western Australia|Fremantle]] in [[1829]] on the ''[[Calista (ship)|Calista]]{{dn}}'' and soon set up business as a wine and spirit [[merchant]], [[importer]], and [[auctioneer]]. He also engaged in whaling. He purchased Fremantle town lots 27 and 28 in the first state land sale.<ref name="index">{{cite web |url=http://www.lionelsamson.com.au |title=Index |accessdate=4 January 2009 |publisher=Lionel Samson & Son}}</ref> He was [[Postmaster-General's Department|postmaster-general]] from [[1830]] to [[1832]]. In [[1835]] he obtained the state’sstate's first [[liquor license]].<ref name="index"/> In 1842 he returned to Britain and married Frances Levi. They had six children: three sons and three daughters. Samson was a member of the [[Fremantle Town Trust]] and a nominee in the [[Western Australian Legislative Council]] in 1849-561849–56 and 1859-681859–68.
 
Lionel Samson & Son's interests include wholesale liquor distribution, [[vineyard]]svineyards, and wine makingwinemaking, woven bulk bags for industrial use and industrial [[packaging]]. It also owns Sadleirs Transport, a national [[transport]] and [[freight]] forwarding company.
Lionel Samson Building, in Cliff Street, Fremantle, is on the [[Heritage Council of Western Australia]]’s Places Database.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://register.heritage.wa.gov.au/viewplace.html?offset=0&place_seq=856 |title=Place No 00856; Lionel Samson Building |accessdate=4 January 2009 |date=3 November 2008 |publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia}}</ref>▼
 
▲Lionel Samson Building, in [[Cliff Street, Fremantle|Cliff Street]], is on the [[Heritage Council of Western Australia]]’s's Places Database.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://register.heritage.wa.gov.au/viewplace.html?offset=0&place_seq=856 |title=Place No 00856; Lionel Samson Building |accessdate=4 January 2009 |date=3 November 2008 |publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216124748/http://register.heritage.wa.gov.au/viewplace.html?offset=0&place_seq=856 |archivedate=16 February 2012 }}</ref>
Samson’s grandson [[Frederick Samson]] was [[mayor]] of Fremantle from [[1951]] to [[1972]].
 
Two of Samson's sons became mayors of Fremantle: William Frederick Samson (1892–1893) and [[Michael Samson]] (1905–1907). In addition, his grandson [[Frederick Samson|Sir Frederick Samson]] was mayor of Fremantle from 1951 to 1972.
 
==See also==
{{portal|Australia|Companies}}
*[[List of oldest companies in Australia]]
 
==References==
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