Viscount Bearsted
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Viscount Bearsted, of Maidstone in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
. It was created in 1925 for the businessman Marcus Samuel, 1st Baron Bearsted
, the joint-founder of the Shell Transport and Trading Company
. He had already been created a Baronet in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1903 and Baron Bearsted, of Maidstone in the County of Kent, in 1921, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. the titles are held by his great-grandson, the fifth Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1996.
The heir apparent
is the present holder's son the Hon. Harry Richard Samuel (b. 1988).
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...
. It was created in 1925 for the businessman Marcus Samuel, 1st Baron Bearsted
Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted
Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted JP , known as Sir Marcus Samuel, 1st Baronet between 1903 and 1921 and subsequently as The Lord Bearsted until 1925, was the founder of the Shell Transport and Trading Company, a precursor to Royal Dutch Shell.-Career:Samuel was born into a Jewish family in...
, the joint-founder of the Shell Transport and Trading Company
Royal Dutch Shell
Royal Dutch Shell plc , commonly known as Shell, is a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine and one of the six...
. He had already been created a Baronet in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1903 and Baron Bearsted, of Maidstone in the County of Kent, in 1921, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. the titles are held by his great-grandson, the fifth Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1996.
Viscounts Bearsted (1925)
- Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount BearstedMarcus Samuel, 1st Viscount BearstedMarcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted JP , known as Sir Marcus Samuel, 1st Baronet between 1903 and 1921 and subsequently as The Lord Bearsted until 1925, was the founder of the Shell Transport and Trading Company, a precursor to Royal Dutch Shell.-Career:Samuel was born into a Jewish family in...
(1853–1927) - Walter Horace Samuel, 2nd Viscount BearstedWalter Samuel, 2nd Viscount BearstedColonel Walter Horace Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted MC was a British peer and former Chairman of the Shell Transport and Trading Company. He was also a prominent art collector, storing many of his pieces at his family home at Upton House in Warwickshire, and a philanthropist...
(1882–1948) - Marcus Richard Samuel, 3rd Viscount BearstedMarcus Samuel, 3rd Viscount BearstedMajor Marcus Richard Samuel, 3rd Viscount Bearsted TD DL was a British peer and a director of numerous companies, including Lloyds Bank.-Education and Army career:...
(1909–1986) - Peter Montefiore Samuel, 4th Viscount BearstedPeter Samuel, 4th Viscount BearstedMajor Peter Montefiore Samuel, 4th Viscount Bearsted MC TD was a British peer and former Deputy Chairman of Shell Transport and Trading.Samuel was commissioned into the Warwickshire Yeomanry in March 1936...
(1911–1996) - Nicholas Alan Samuel, 5th Viscount Bearsted (b. 1950)
The heir apparent
Heir apparent
An heir apparent or heiress apparent is a person who is first in line of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting, except by a change in the rules of succession....
is the present holder's son the Hon. Harry Richard Samuel (b. 1988).