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About Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel
Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel was a British politician who served as the leader of the Liberal Party from 1931 to 1935. The first Jew to serve as a Cabinet minister, Samuel promoted Zionism within the British Cabinet, beginning with his 1915 memorandum entitled The Future of Palestine. In 1920 he was appointed as the first High Commissioner for Palestine, in charge of the administration of the territory.
Everything about Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel →- Occupation
- politician, diplomat, statistician, philosopher
- Position held
- High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan, Home Secretary, Postmaster General of the United Kingdom, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- November 6, 1870
- Died
- February 5, 1963