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Feb 8, 2012 · Previously, Sir Samuel had served as the Sheriff of London, and even its Mayor! For his role in fueling the Allies in World War I, he was made 1st Baron of Bearsted, and later 1st Viscount of Bearsted. Lord Samuel was known for his incredible devotion to his wife and four children.
Address. 31 Houndsditch, London. Biography. Son of Marcus Samuel, brother of Samuel Samuel. On his father's death in 1870 he took over the thriving import-export business (begun 1833 and based initially on the import of exotic shells for use as decoration), operating as the Marcus Samuel Company; in 1892 he began operating oil tankers from the ...
Bronze, Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted (1853-1927), Austin Bennett (b. 1942), 1997. A bronze portrait bust of Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted, by Austin Bennett, made in 1997, the model made in Long Mynd, Shropshire, the cast in Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Wales. The bust depicts Lord Bearsted in a suit and tie, facing frontally.
Apr 26, 2015 · Biography of Marcus Samuel. Early Life. Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted founder of Shell Oil Company was born on 5 th November, 1853 in Whitechapel, London. He belonged to a Jewish family that belonged to Baghdad. His father name was also Marcus Samuel. His father was a businessman, and was running a business of import and export with a ...
Apr 1, 2023 · Bernard M. Olsen; Bearsted: A Biography of Marcus Samuel, First Viscount Bearsted and Founder of “Shell” Transport and Trading Company by Robert Henriques.
Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted JP (5 November 1853 – 17 January 1927), known as Sir Marcus Samuel, Bt 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. Lord Mayor of London 1902 Article in Wikipedia [1] and some more information on the Shell website here, and lso here.
