| Honorific Prefix: | The Reverend |
| Samuel Locke | |
| President of Harvard College | |
| Term Start: | 1770 |
| Term End: | 1773 |
| Predecessor: | John Winthrop |
| Successor: | John Winthrop |
| Birth Date: | 23 November 1732 |
| Birth Place: | Woburn, Massachusetts |
| Death Place: | Sherborn, Massachusetts |
| Education: | Harvard College |
| Signature: | Signature of Samuel Locke.png |
Samuel Locke (November 23, 1732 - January 15, 1778) was an American Congregational clergyman and educator.
Samuel Locke was born in Woburn, Massachusetts on November 23, 1732.[1] He was the son of Samuel Locke and Rebecca (Richardson) Locke Wilder.[2]
He graduated from Harvard College in 1755, where he was a classmate of future American President and founding father John Adams.[3] He was ordained at Sherburne 7 Nov 1759.[4]
He married Mary Porter on 2 January 1760.[5] Mary was the daughter of Rev. Samuel Porter. Rev. Porter was a predecessor to Rev Locke at Sherburne. They had 3 children (2 sons and a daughter): Dr. Samuel Locke (1761-1788), Mary Locke (1763-1796), and John Locke (1765-1800).
After serving as pastor in Sherborn, Massachusetts, he was appointed president of Harvard University. He held that post from 1770 to 1773, when he resigned after his housemaid became pregnant.[6] He then returned to Sherborn, where he died of apoplexy.[1]