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meant that he sustained heavy losses when iron ore traffic on the CMR failed to live up to expectations. The CMR itself survived and began to recover after it had introduced passenger services in 1876 and was then leased by the Great Western Railway in 1877, but this improvement came too late for
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by John Pooler. Morton Peto Road, a road in Great Yarmouth, was named after him. There is a road in Lowestoft called "Peto Way" that connects Lowestoft railway station (via Denmark Road, again in connection with Peto's legacy in Denmark) to Normanston.
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After his involvement with the insolvency of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway in 1866, and the failure of the Peto and Betts partnership, Peto's personal reputation as a trustworthy businessman was badly damaged and never fully recovered.
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and dissolved the connection with his uncle's building firm. He and his cousin Grissell founded a business as an independent railway contractor. His firm's first railway work was to build two stations in
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because of their "dull, spire-less architecture". Peto is said to have exclaimed, "A spire, my Lord? We shall have two!" The church had twin spires until 1951, when they were removed as unsafe.
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of the time. Along with a small group of other Master Builders in London he is credited as a founding member of the Chartered Institute of Building in 1834.
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In May 1831 Peto married Mary Grissell, one of the sisters of his later partner, Thomas Grissell. They had four children before Mary's death in 1842:
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from 1865 to 1868. During this time he was one of the most prominent figures in public life. He helped to make a guarantee towards the financing of
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Grissell became increasingly nervous about the risks taken by Peto, and in 1846 dissolved the partnership.
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The Peto and Betts partnership became insolvent in 1866 due to a combination of the failure of the bank,
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in Kensington Place Gardens, London W8, designed by the architect James Murray, was built for Peto.
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In February 1855 the British government recognised Peto for his wartime services; he was made
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A History of the English Railway; its social relations & revelations, 1820-1845, Volume 1
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Sir Samuel Morton Peto Bt: eminent Victorian, railway entrepreneur, country squire, MP
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William Herbert (b. 1849.) He was the father of Ralph Peto, maternal grandfather of
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Hitting the buffers, Samuel Morton Peto, 1809–1889, railway builder extraordinaire
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Helen Agnes, who married Lawrence Ingham Baker, son of the former Liberal MP for
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Perth Post Office Directory 1865: List of Noblemen and Gentlemen's Country Seats
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Samuel Morton Peto, normally called Morton Peto, was born on 4 August 1809, in
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He is buried with his second wife at Pembury old church, near Tonbridge, Kent.
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Peto then married Sarah Ainsworth Kelsall, the daughter of Henry Kelsall of
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An extremely unfavourable portrait of Peto is included in the appendix to
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from the original on 18 July 2011 – via White Rose eTheses Online.
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Peto served for two decades as a Member of Parliament. He was elected a
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The Architecture of Sir Ernest George and His Partners, C. 1860–1922
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Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies
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Henry (1840–1938) who succeeded as the 2nd baronet in 1899
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was a Conservative politician. (Source: 107th edition of
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When his uncle died in 1830, Peto and his older cousin,
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When he returned he became the main contractor for the
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to transport supplies to the troops at the front line.
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Mary, who married Penruddocke Wyndham, a grandson of
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which opened in 1874, but the failure of the related
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John Edward Hollister Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich
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British politician and railway contractor (1809–89)
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Clark. p. 218. 517:Peto is commemorated by a portrait bust at 478:Cornish Consolidated Iron Mines Corporation 1266:contributions in Parliament by Morton Peto 970:"Bust of Sir Samuel Morton Peto – Station" 496:The bust of Peto in Norwich Station (2010) 42: 382:In 1846, Peto became co-treasurer of the 1044: 878: 828: 491: 336:and its construction of railways in the 305:Peto, Betts and Brassey constructed the 1233: 1151: 972:. Sculpture for Norwich. Archived from 881:Regent's Park: From 1086 to the Present 863: 457:In 1868, he had to give up his seat in 334:Flensburg–Husum–Tönning Railway Company 14: 1455: 1238:. Didcot: Baptist Historical Society. 1211: 1075: 915: 252:In 1834 Peto saw the potential of the 1493:English civil engineering contractors 1197:. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. 1170: 1132: 1094: 951: 939: 903: 816: 804: 461:, despite having the support of both 173:, who ran a building firm in London. 105:Sarah Ainsworth Kelsall (11 children) 1192: 792: 1543:19th-century English businesspeople 1113: 1024:"The largest employer in the world" 607:, London: Tempus Publishing, 2004.) 362: 332:honoured Peto for establishing the 240:was reluctant to lease the land to 120:Sir Samuel Morton Peto, 1st Baronet 24: 442:In 1865 he is listed as living at 228:Another project, in 1848, was the 25: 1554: 1488:British people of the Crimean War 1343:Member of Parliament for Finsbury 1253: 1178:(republished ed.). Nonsuch. 1097:The Grand Crimean Central Railway 848: 748:. Chartered Institute of Building 626:Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage 344:. Another project abroad was the 279: 1420:Baronetage of the United Kingdom 1391:Member of Parliament for Bristol 1295:Member of Parliament for Norwich 1275:Parliament of the United Kingdom 1219:. London: Stacey International. 1176:The Life and Works of Mr Brassey 838:. 16 February 1855. p. 605. 724:"Samuel Peto - The Newham Story" 572:, in 1852 and had two daughters. 357:London Chatham and Dover Railway 247: 1483:British railway civil engineers 1069: 1045:Grainger, Hilary Joyce (1985). 1038: 1002: 988: 962: 945: 924: 909: 872: 857: 674: 328:in the County of Suffolk. King 126:(MP). A partner in the firm of 48:Historical photo of Morton Peto 1513:English expatriates in Hungary 842: 822: 760: 738: 716: 694: 484:He died in obscurity in 1889. 13: 1: 1478:British railway entrepreneurs 1099:. Knutsford: Cavalier House. 687: 605:Historic Gardens of Wiltshire 545:Regent's Park College, Oxford 307:Grand Crimean Central Railway 160: 103:Mary Grissell (four children) 1234:Sparkes, Douglas C. (2013). 435:Between 1863-65 the current 411:The Great Exhibition of 1851 7: 1408:Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley 1400:Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley 1380:Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley 1137:. London: The Bodley Head. 1135:The world the railways made 853:. Vol. 1. p. 151. 405:from 1859 to 1865, and for 353:Overend, Gurney and Company 265:and Langley section of the 213:. In addition, they built 195:Oxford & Cambridge Club 10: 1559: 1076:Brooks, Edward C. (1996). 768:"A church with two spires" 388:The Diorama, Regent's Park 384:Baptist Missionary Society 283: 155:rapidly expanding railways 36:Sir Samuel Morton Peto, Bt 1443: 1430: 1425: 1418: 1404: 1388: 1376: 1366:William McCullagh Torrens 1362: 1340: 1328: 1314: 1292: 1280: 1273: 1080:. Bury Clerical Society. 706:greatbritishgardens.co.uk 702:"Harold Peto (1854-1933)" 618:Christopher Peto, 3rd Bt. 550: 487: 474:Cornwall Minerals Railway 348:built from 1859 to 1860. 254:newly developing railways 230:Bloomsbury Baptist Chapel 176: 109: 99: 88: 80: 68: 53: 41: 34: 1352:Thomas Slingsby Duncombe 1332:Thomas Slingsby Duncombe 1133:Faith, Nicholas (1990). 920:. Bury Clerical Society. 667: 584:Morton Kelsall (b. 1845) 424:In 1855 Peto was made a 330:Frederick VII of Denmark 952:Knapp, William (1899). 864:Stanley, Brian (1992). 610:Frank Kelsall (b. 1858) 594:Samuel Arthur (b. 1852) 519:Norwich railway station 467:William Ewart Gladstone 1152:Francis, John (1851). 918:Sir Samuel Morton Peto 879:Saunders, Ann (1981). 570:Colonel Wadham Wyndham 497: 1437:(of Somerleyton Hall) 1114:Cox, John G. (2008). 1095:Cooke, Brian (1990). 916:Brooks, E.C. (1996). 495: 401:in 1847 to 1854, for 367:In 1844, Peto bought 269:, which included the 267:Great Western Railway 219:Houses of Parliament 144:Houses of Parliament 142:and the replacement 124:Member of Parliament 1193:Joby, R.S. 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Samuel Morton Peto

Woking
contractor
Member of Parliament
Grissell and Peto
Reform Club
The Lyceum Theatre
Nelson's Column
Houses of Parliament
Peto and Betts
rapidly expanding railways
Woking
Henry Peto
Thomas Grissell
Grissell and Peto
Reform Club
Oxford & Cambridge Club
Lyceum
St James's Theatre
Hungerford Market
Charing Cross
Nelson's Column
Houses of Parliament
London brick sewer
Bloomsbury Baptist Chapel
Baptist church
Crown Commissioner
nonconformists
newly developing railways

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