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Walter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted

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Walter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted

British peer, chief executive, military and art collector (1882–1948)

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About Walter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted

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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Occupation: art collector, politician, businessperson, entrepreneur

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Position held

member of the House of Lords, chairperson, captain, colonel

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Born

March 13, 1882

Died

November 8, 1948

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