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Brigadier-General Samuel Masham, 1st Baron Masham (1678/79 – 1758), was a British courtier in the court of Queen Anne, and the husband of her favourite, Abigail, Lady Masham.
Baron Masham is a title that has been created three times, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and twice in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was first created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1712 when the courtier Samuel Masham was made Baron Masham, of Otes.
Samuel Cunliffe Lister, 1st Baron Masham was an English inventor whose contributions included a wool-combing machine that helped to lower the price of clothing and a silk-combing machine that utilized silk waste.
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Samuel Masham, primer barón Masham (1678/79 - 1758), fue un cortesano británico en la corte de la reina Ana y esposo de su favorita, Abigail Masham (de soltera Hill), la baronesa Masham.
Despite having a family pedigree ‘of the superior order’, a position in the royal household and a career in the military, Samuel Masham has tended to be overshadowed by his politically more active wife, Abigail. Innocuous or not, Masham made the most of the opportunities presented to him.
Biography. Masham was described by Sarah Churchill as a ‘good natured, soft, insignificant man, making low bows to everybody, and being ready to run to open a door’.
Brigadier-General Samuel Masham, 1st Baron Masham (1678/79 – 1758), was a British courtier in the court of Queen Anne, and the husband of her favourite, Abigail, Lady Masham.
