Born: 1830, Gates­head, Tyne and Wear, Eng­land; christ­ened Oc­to­ber 13, 1830, St. Bar­thol­o­mew’s Church, Wed­nes­bury, Staf­ford­shire, Eng­land.

Died: Cir­ca No­vem­ber 1902, Is­ling­ton, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Samuel’s fa­ther was Sam­u­el Dous­land Wad­dy, Gov­er­nor of Wes­ley Coll­ege (now King Ed­ward VII School), Shef­field (1844-62) and pre­si­dent of the Wes­ley­an Con­fer­ence (1859). Sam­u­el had orig­in­al­ly planned to fol­low his fa­ther’s foot­steps in the min­is­try, but went in­to the le­gal pro­fess­ion in­stead. Educated at London University, he be­came Queen’s Coun­sel and Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment for Barn­sta­ple, De­von (1874); Shef­field (1879); Ed­in­burgh (1882); and Brigg, Lin­coln­shire (1886); and was ap­point­ed judge of the Shef­field Coun­ty Court. In ad­di­tion, he was a well known lay preach­er, and served as trea­sur­er for the Me­tro­pol­i­tan Cha­pel Build­ing Fund.

Sources

Hymns

1. Jesus My Shepherd My Want Shall Supply