his seat owing to his support for Benjamin Disraeli's foreign policy. While in the House he spoke with much authority on all matters connected with his profession. Some of his speeches are described as "treasure-houses of technical and political knowledge." He abandoned Judaism and was interred in Kensal Green Cemetery, London. In 1837 he married Louisa Ballin, daughter of Samuel Ballin of Holloway. The Samuda Estate, on the site of his shipyard, in Cubitt Town, is named after him and his brother, and includes Ballin Court, named after his wife, Louisa. They lived at 7 Gloucester Square, Bayswater and had a daughter called Ada. He was one of the original officers of the 2nd Tower Hamlets Rifle Volunteer Corps raised in the East End of London in April 1861, when he was commissioned as a captain. References The Samuda Collection of Literature Relating to Atmospheric Railways by C.F. Dendy Marshall M.A. M.I.Loco.Eng.; articles in The Engineer Volume 168, 11 & 18 August 1939 pp. 160–1 & 176–8. External links 1813 births 1885 deaths 19th-century Sephardi Jews English Sephardi Jews Jewish British politicians English shipbuilders British naval architects Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1874–1880 Members of the Metropolitan Board of Works Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery People from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Tavistock 19th-century English businesspeople