Samuel Leroyd (c.1778-1823) was a table knife cutler, who was listed in a Sheffield directory in 1821. He operated from a courtyard in Pond Street. His died on 14 March 1823, aged 45. His obituary stated that he was the ‘much respected, brother to Capt. Leroyd of Tong, near this town’ (Leeds Mercury, 29 March 1823. ....