Sampson Darrell

Sir Sampson Darrell was an English politician and Naval administrator who sat in the House of Commons from 1625 to 1626. He was Surveyor of [Marine Victuals] of the Royal Navy from 1623 to 1635.

Biography

Darrell was the son of Sir Marmaduke Darrell of Fulmer, Buckinghamshire. He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford on 8 May 1607, aged 13 and was awarded BA on 31 January 1610. He was a student of Gray's Inn in 1610. He was knighted on 13 June 1619. In 1625, he was elected Member of Parliament for Wendover. He was re-elected MP for Wendover in 1626. He held the post of victualler of the King's ships also known as Surveyor of Marine Victuals. a post his father also held from 1595 to 1623.
Darrell died in London at the age of about 39.