Samuel Homfray

Samuel Homfray (1762 - 22 Mayu 1822) ya kasance masanin masana'antu na Ingila a lokacin Juyin Juya Halin Masana'antu a Biritaniya, wanda ke da alaƙa da Masana'antar ƙarfe ta farko a Kudancin Wales .

Sama'ila ɗan wani masanin ƙarfe ne mai cin nasara, Francis Homfray, kuma ɗan'uwan Irmiya, Thomas, Jeston, da Francis. Tare da 'yan uwansa Irmiya da Thomas, ya karɓi hayar kamfanin Anthony Bacon a Cyfarthfa, kafin su fara aikin Penydarren Ironworks a cikin shekarun 1780. A shekara ta 1784, bayan shari'ar kotu  sun sauya hayar ginin daga Anthony Bacon (wanda suka yi jayayya da shi), wanda ya sake ba da shi ga David Tanner, kuma ya koma inda suka kafa ayyukan a bakin Kogin Morlais, gina Gidan Penydarren a gefen kogin. Bayan shekaru masu tsananin gasa tare da Dowlais da Cyfarthfa, sun fara bunƙasa. Sama'ila ya zama mai mallakar ayyukan Penydarren, yayin da Irmiya ya koma Ebbw Vale.

Samuel na ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu gabatar da tashar Glamorgan, wanda aka buɗe a cikin 1795 kuma ya kai £ 103,000, wanda ya yi rajista da £ 40,000 kuma wanda ya ba da damar jigilar ƙarfe mai nauyi zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa ta Cardiff. A cikin 1804, Samuel ya lashe kyautar guineas 1000 tare da Richard Crawshay game da wanda daga cikinsu zai iya fara gina motar tururi don amfani da su a cikin ayyukansu. Homfray ya yi amfani da Richard Trevithick don wannan dalili kuma locomotive dinsa ya lashe fare, yana jan motoci biyar, dauke da tan goma na baƙin ƙarfe da mutane saba'in, a saurin mil biyar a awa daya.

A cikin 1800, Samuel ya auri Jane Morgan, 'yar Sir Charles Gould Morgan, 1st Baronet of Tredegar House, kuma ta haka ne ya sami hayar ƙasa mai ma'adinai a Tredegar, inda ya kafa Tredegar Ironworks. 

A shekara ta 1813, an nada shi Babban Sheriff na Monmouthshire kuma a shekara ta 1818, ya dawo a matsayin memba na majalisar dokokin yankin Stafford.

Ya mutu a ranar 22 ga Mayu 1822, yana da shekaru 59 ko 60, a London kuma an binne shi a Bassaleg" id="mwLg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Church of St Basil, Bassaleg">Cocin St Basil a Bassaleg, Newport . 

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'Ya'yan Samuel da Jane Homfray:

 'Ya'ya maza biyu: Watkin Homfray (1796-1837) da Samuel Homfray ƙarami (7 Disamba 1795 - 16 Nuwamba 1883), sun shiga kasuwancin ƙarfe. Samuel the younger ya kasance babban sheriff na Monmouthshire a 1841 kuma alderman na Newport (kuma magajin gari, 1854-55) 
 Tsohon Yarinya: Amelia ta auri mai haɗin gwiwa na kamfanin William Thompson (1793-1854) 
 Ƙaramar Yarinya: Maryamu, ta auri George Darby, memba na Majalisar Dokoki na Gabashin Sussex, kuma tana da iyali na 'ya'ya maza huɗu da mata takwas 

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