I think you have Samuel Pepys (pronounced "Peeps") in mind. He was a British member of Parliament, but when he was young, he kept a diary (from 1660 to 1669). Historians have found his reflections and observations very useful in understanding British life at that time.
Samuel Pepys
Samuel Gordon Daily died in 1866.
Samuel Gordon Daily was born in 1823.
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