Walter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted
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Colonel Walter Horace Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted MC (13 March 1882 – 8 November 1948) was an Anglo-Jewish army officer and oilman. Samuel was the son of Marcus Samuel, the founder of Shell Transport and Trading, and from 1921 to 1946 served as the company's second chairman. He was also a prominent art collector, storing many of his pieces at his family home at Upton House in Warwickshire, and a philanthropist. He was a member of the Jewish Fellowship,[1] which was founded in 1942.
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The Viscount Bearsted | |
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Born | (1882-03-13)13 March 1882 |
Died | 8 November 1948(1948-11-08) (aged 66) |
Burial place | Willesden Jewish Cemetery |
Education | Eton College New College, Oxford |
Spouse |
Dorothy Montefiore Micholls
(m. 1908) |
Military career | |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1914–1948 |
Rank | Colonel |
Unit | Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry |
Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
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