Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
Samuel Storey (1841 – 1925)
Born at Sherburn in County Durham, Samuel Storey was a teacher, commercial traveller and accountant. In 1865, after moving to Monkwearmouth he founded the Atlas Permanent Building Society with Thomas Steel. He then made his fortune in property development.
In 1873 he helped found the Sunderland Echo newspaper, becoming the managing proprietor. In the 1880s he went into partnership with the American millionaire Andrew Carnegie and set up a chain of cheap evening newspapers in the north of England and in Portsmouth that promoted radical thinking.
He was a Methodist and as a member of the Liberal Party became involved in local politics. He was Mayor in 1876, 1877 (when he laid the foundation stone of the Museum, Library and Winter Gardens) and from April to November 1880.
Samuel Storey (1841 – 1925)
Born at Sherburn in County Durham, Samuel Storey was a teacher, commercial traveller and accountant. In 1865, after moving to Monkwearmouth he founded the Atlas Permanent Building Society with Thomas Steel. He then made his fortune in property development.
In 1873 he helped found the Sunderland Echo newspaper, becoming the managing proprietor. In the 1880s he went into partnership with the American millionaire Andrew Carnegie and set up a chain of cheap evening newspapers in the north of England and in Portsmouth that promoted radical thinking.
He was a Methodist and as a member of the Liberal Party became involved in local politics. He was Mayor in 1876, 1877 (when he laid the foundation stone of the Museum, Library and Winter Gardens) and from April to November 1880.