Samuel Bakewell


Samuel Bakewell was a wholesale grocer and politician in the young colony of South Australia.

History

Samuel was born in Leicester, England, and emigrated on the Superb, arriving in South Australia on 11 July 1839.
He joined the brothers John and Thomas Waterhouse's grocery business on the corner of Rundle and King William Streets opposite the Beehive Corner. Around 1850 he opened his own wholesale grocery, "China tea warehouse", in Hindley Street, and was financially successful.
He was elected to the City of Adelaide seat in the South Australian House of Assembly and served from March 1860 to November 1862.
He was a member of the Strangers' Friend Society.

Family

Samuel Bakewell married Mary Ann Pye at Trinity Church, Adelaide on 24 April 1849. He married again, to her sister Eliza Hannah Pye at Trinity Church, Adelaide, on 25 July 1854. They had a home at Strangways Terrace, North Adelaide. Their children included:
His brother William Bakewell was also a politician.
Alfred Billing, the Mount Gambier timber merchant, was a nephew.