Editing Samuel Greg (section)

{{Short description|Irish-born businessman and industrialist (1758–1834)}}
{{about|the Irish-born businessman and industrialist|his son|Samuel Greg (junior)|the American doctor|Samuel Gregg}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix      = 
| name          = Samuel Greg
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| image         = Samuel Greg.jpg
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| caption       = Samuel Greg circa 1820
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| birth_date    = 26 March 1758
| birth_place   = [[Belfast]], [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]]
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1834|6|4|1758|3|26|df=yes}}
| death_place   = [[Styal]], [[Cheshire]]
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| alma_mater    = [[Harrow School]]
| occupation    = Businessman, instrualist
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| known_for     = [[Quarry Bank Mill]], [[Styal]], [[Cheshire]]
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| spouse        = [[Hannah Greg|Hannah Lightbody]]
| children      = {{ubl | [[Robert Hyde Greg]] | John Greg | [[Samuel Greg (junior)|Samuel Greg Jr.]] | [[William Rathbone Greg]] | Elizabeth Greg Rathbone }}
}}

'''Samuel Greg''' (26 March 1758 – 4 June 1834) was an Irish-born businessman and industrialist of the [[Industrial Revolution]] and a pioneer of the [[factory system]]. Born in [[Belfast]], Ireland, he moved to England and built [[Quarry Bank Mill]] in [[Styal]], [[Cheshire]], which at his retirement was the largest [[textile mill]] in the country. He and his wife [[Hannah Greg]] assumed welfare responsibilities for their employees, many of whom were children, building a [[model village]] alongside the factory. At the same time, Greg inherited and operated a [[slave plantation]] in the [[West Indies]].<ref name="Bourne" />