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Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted, JP (5 November 1853 – 17 January 1927), known as Sir Marcus Samuel between 1898 and 1921 and subsequently as The Lord Bearsted until 1925, was a Lord Mayor of London and the founder of the Shell Transport and Trading Company, which was later restructured including a Netherlands-based company commonly referred to as Royal Dutch Shell.
Mar 10, 2020 · London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, 1902. In 1902, Marcus Samuel Jr. was raised to the peerage of Baronet and became the second Jewish Lord Mayor of London. In recognition of his services in supplying fuel to the British Empire during World War I, he was finally honored with the newly created title of Viscount Bearsted in 1925.
May 3, 2023 · Old School Emulation; MS-DOS Games; ... Bearsted, Marcus Samuel, 1st viscount, 1853-1927, "Shell" Transport and Trading Company, Ltd Publisher New York, Viking Press
May 22, 2020 · Marcus Samuel. 1853-1927. Oil magnate. Marcus Samuel was a pioneer in the global shipment of oil, became Lord Mayor of London and died as 1st Viscount Bearsted. The company he founded, Shell, is still a leader in world energy with a corporate identity that attests to its origins in a Jewish shop near the London docks.
Samuel was lord mayor of London in 1902–03, the fifth Jew to hold this office. In 1921, he was made baron, and in 1925, Viscount Bearsted. Although holding no important Jewish communal offices, Samuel used his influence to help persecuted Jews. While lord mayor of London he refused, in the face of opposition, to invite the Romanian ambassador ...
Mar 16, 2024 · Samuel, Marcus, (1853-1927), 1st Viscount Bearsted, industrialist This page summarises records created by this Person The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.
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Apr 1, 2023 · Bearsted: A Biography of Marcus Samuel, First Viscount Bearsted and Founder of “Shell” Transport and Trading Company by Robert Henriques
