Samuel Mico

Sir Samuel Mico (1608-1666) was a London Merchant who traded out of the port of Weymouth in Dorset.

He established a charity that is extant and left a fortune to his wife the benefactress Lady Jane Mico.

Sir Samuel Mico was knighted on 18 March 1665, however there was no official citation with regards to his knighthood, although records kept by the College of Arms[2][failed verification] suggests “that he was knighted in consideration of a liberal subscription to King Charles II’s loan of £100,000 which was made to him about 1664”.

He left a fortune to his wife the benefactress Lady Jane Mico and her will created schools in the Caribbean.

His will dated 25 September 1665 left money to the people of Weymouth, to provide for the apprenticing of three boys,[4] the payment of a pension to ten seamen who had reached 60 and the preaching of an annual sermon at a service to be held of the Friday before Palm Sunday each year at which trustees, apprentices and seamen should attend.