Samson Lennard (died 1633) was an English genealogist, officer of arms, and translator.
Although thought to be the son of William Lennard of Chevening and Knole, Kent, by Anne, daughter and heir of John Perkins of Richmond, Surrey, he was probably his grandson.
He accompanied Sir Philip Sidney to the Netherlands, and was with him when he received his fatal wound at the battle of Zutphen in 1586.
[2] Subsequently, he devoted himself to literature, being patronised by some of the principal persons of his time, particularly by Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales and William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke.
[2] He was the author of: He also translated the following works: Manuscript copies of most of the heraldic visitations in which he was engaged are preserved in the British Library.