Samuel Bakewell

Samuel Bakewell (ca.1815 – 22 September 1888) 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 (later Duhst & Biven's) opposite the Beehive Corner. Around 1850 he opened his own wholesale grocery, "China tea warehouse", in Hindley Street (then the premier retail area), 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 (c.1824 – 25 May 1853) at Trinity Church, Adelaide on 24 April 1849. He married again, to her sister Eliza Hannah Pye (c. 1828 – 11 August 1882) at Trinity Church, Adelaide, on 25 July 1854. They had a home at Strangways Terrace, North Adelaide. Their children included:
His brother William Bakewell (ca.1817 – 25 January 1870) was also a politician.
Alfred Billing (9 November 1838 – 7 August 1908), the Mount Gambier timber merchant, was a nephew.