Family
Lodge married Mary Brettingham (1824-1916) of Diss, Norfolk in 1852. They had eleven children, including George Edward Lodge (1860-1954), the ornithological artist. Their daughter Nora Margaret married Ernest Myers (1844-1921), the poet, Classicist & author.
Samuel Lodge died at Scrivelsby on 5 September 1897 aged 68 and was buried at St Benedict’s churchyard, Horncastle.
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