Samuel Lomas
Samuel Lomas was an English clockmaker, active in the mid-to-late 18th century.
Life and career
Lomas married Elizabeth, with whom he had six known children. Four of them died within five years of each other: daughters Margaret, Agnes and Betty, and sons Samuel Jr, John and James.In November 1736, Lomas was listed as an apprentice to John Royle, a clockmaker and watchmaker based in Great Bolton, Lancashire. Eight years later, he was working out of a "smithy" behind his home at 21 Sheaf Street in Poulton-le-Fylde, next door to the Wheatsheaf Inn. Both the home and the inn were demolished, but the smithy is still standing. He is recorded as being "Poulton's clockmaker ". His engraving was Lomas Poolton.