| Samuel Lomas | |
| Death Date: | 1793 |
| Citizenship: | United Kingdom |
| Occupation: | Clockmaker |
Samuel Lomas (died May 1793) was an English clockmaker, active in the mid-to-late 18th century.
Lomas married Elizabeth,[1] with whom he had six known children. Four of them died within five years of each other: daughters Margaret (died 1767),[2] Agnes (died 1773) and Betty (1774), and sons Samuel Jr (died 1764), John (died 1776) and James (died 1778).[3]
In November 1736, Lomas was listed as an apprentice to John Royle, a clockmaker and watchmaker based in Great Bolton, Lancashire. Eight years later, he was working out of a "smithy"[4] behind his home at 21 Sheaf Street (today's Hardhorn Road) in Poulton-le-Fylde,[5] next door to the Wheatsheaf Inn.[6] Both the home and the inn were demolished, but the smithy is still standing. He is recorded as being "Poulton's clockmaker ".[7] His engraving was Lomas Poolton.[8]
Lomas died in May 1793. He was interred in the graveyard of St Chad's Church in Poulton-le-Fylde on 30 May. His widow survived him by two years, and was buried beside him on 3 March 1795.