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Walter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted

British peer, chief executive, military and art collector (1882-1948) · United Kingdom · Politicians · Died at 66

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Colonel Walter Horace Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted, 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.

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Colonel Walter Horace Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted, 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 anti-Zionist Jewish Fellowship, which was founded in 1942.

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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1882 to 1948 · aged 66

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