Sir Samuel St. Swithin Burden Whalley (15 July 1799[1] – 3 February 1883) was a British Radical politician.
Questions were also raised about the manner in which he had obtained his knighthood, which was felt to have been in exchange for supporting the election of the Tory, Sir Nicholas Tindal as MP for Cambridge University.
[7] Although he failed to be selected on this occasion, a by-election occurred in the following year when one of the sitting members of parliament resigned.
He also advocated the abolition of slavery, reduction of taxation, destruction of monopolies, a secret ballot, and a three-year parliamentary term.
[11] He was a strong supporter of the reforming Municipal Corporations Bill, attacking the attempts of the House of Lords to weaken the legislation.