Introduction

Biography

Samuel was the son of 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.