Harriet Wolf was born on 8 March 1836 in London, the daughter of Schreiner Wolf of
Great Yarmouth and his wife Matida. When her husband Walter Samuel (1829–1863) died, she took over her father-in-law's
Liverpool clock- and watch-making business and moved it to
Manchester, where Edgar, her son, took over the firm's retailing side, while she headed its mail order business. The first H. Samuel shop opened in
Preston in 1890. The business then developed into one of Britain's best-known high street jewellery retailers. After Samuel's death, the headquarters of H. Samuel was moved to
Birmingham and, as of 2019, it has over 300 branches throughout the UK. She married Walter Samuel and they had four children together: Evelyn, Arthur, Florence and Edgar. Samuel died on 6 February 1908 and is buried at
Willesden Jewish Cemetery. ==References==