Viscount Samuel

Viscount Samuel, of Mount Carmel in Israel and Toxteth in the City of Liverpool, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[2] It was created on 8 June 1937 for the Liberal politician and former High Commissioner of the British Mandate of Palestine, Herbert Samuel. His grandsons, the third and fourth Viscounts, were respectively a prominent Israeli chemist and neurobiologist, and an oil executive. As of 2014 the title is held by the 4th Viscount's son, who succeeded as fifth Viscount in that year.

Viscountcy of Samuel

Escutcheon: Or a Bend between two Caps of Liberty Gules on a Chief Sable a Balance of the first: Crest: In front of a Sun rising Or a Dove wings elevated and addorsed holding in the beak an Olive Branch proper; Supporters: On either side a Lion Or the dexter gorged with a Collar Gules and resting the interior hind leg on a Stump of Oak eradicated and sprouting proper the sinister gorged with an Eastern Crown also Gules and resting the interior hind leg on a Stump of Olive eradicated and sprouting also proper [1]
Creation date8 June 1937
Created byKing George VI
PeeragePeerage of the United Kingdom
First holderSir Herbert Samuel
Present holderJonathan Samuel
Heir presumptiveThe Hon. Benjamin Samuel
Remainder toHeirs male of the first viscount's body, lawfully begotten
MottoTurn Not Aside
Herbert Samuel,
1st Viscount Samuel

The first Viscount Samuel was the nephew of the banker Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling.

Viscounts Samuel (1937)

The heir presumptive and last in line is the present holder's half-brother Hon. Benjamin Angus Samuel (b. 1983).[3]

See also

Notes
  2. "No. 34405". The London Gazette. 8 June 1937. p. 3663.
  3. Morris, Susan; Bosberry-Scott, Wendy; Belfield, Gervase, eds. (2019). "Samuel, Viscount". Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Vol. 1 (150th ed.). London: Debrett's Ltd. pp. 3086–3088. ISBN 978-1-999767-0-5-1.

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