Samuel Bates (1839–98)
Hosier. Of Leicester. Younger brother of Henry Walter Bates.
BMD (Birth index)
Census returns of England and Wales 1841 (The National Archives: Public Record Office HO107/604/6/13/18), 1861 (RG9/2293/18/2)
England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–95 (Ancestry.co.uk, accessed 3 October 2018)
Woodcock 1969.