Brother of John and Charles Wes­ley, Sam­u­el was trained at West­min­ster School and Christ Church, Ox­ford. He be­came ush­er at West­min­ster, and in 1732 head master at Ti­ver­ton Free School. He was a close friend of Bi­shop At­ter­bu­ry, and was one of the pro­mot­ers of the first in­firm­a­ry set up at West­min­ster for the sick in 1719. His works in­clude:

• Poems on Sev­er­al Oc­ca­sions, 1736

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Lyrics

1. From Whence These Dire Portents Around
2. Hail Fa­ther, Whose Cre­at­ing Call
3. Hail, God the Son in Glo­ry Crowned
4. Hail, Ho­ly Ghost, Je­ho­vah, Third
5. Lord of Sab­bath Let Us Praise, The
6. Morn­ing Flow­ers Dis­play Their Sweets, The