Background
Whitbread was the son of brewer Samuel Whitbread and his wife Lady Elizabeth Grey, the eldest daughter of Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey.
Whitbread was the son of brewer Samuel Whitbread and his wife Lady Elizabeth Grey, the eldest daughter of Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey.
He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.
He was awarded a Master of Arts He was a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Bedfordshire and became High Sheriff of Bedfordshire in 1837. Whitbread lived at Southill, Bedfordshire and died at the age of 72. Whitbread married, Harriet Sneyd, daughter. of the Review
Wettenhall Sneyd, of the Isle of Wight on 5 November 1845.
They had no family.
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In 1818 Whitbread was elected Member of Parliament for Bedford and held the seat until 1835.