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May 22, 2020 · Marcus Samuel was given the hereditary title of Viscount Samuel in 1925. Marcus died on the same day in January 1927 as Fanny, his wife of 45 years. They are buried at Willesden Cemetery beside a memorial to their second son, Gerald, who was killed in action in World War One.
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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.
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Jan 3, 2024 · Death: Marcus Samuel, Viscount Bearsted, died 17 Jan 1927 at Hamilton Place, Park Lane, Middlesex age 73, reg. Mar 1927 St. George Hanover Square, London, England ; vol. 1A page 705 Sources ↑ Wikipedia:Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted
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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.
Jan 17, 2016 · Fanny died on January 16, 1927, and Marcus followed her just a few hours later, on January 17, dying at the age of 73. Marcus 'Baron Bearsted' Samuel Invented the Tanker and Changed Oil Trading, Leading Standard Oil to Gripe About 'Hebrew Influences'.
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The Man from Shell. Marcus Samuel, 1 st Viscount Bearsted, by Robert Henriques: Barrie & Rocliffe. 42s. the man who founded Shell became one of the richest men in the world. But he was neither a financial genius, nor a great innovator or inventor. He was simply a very shrewd merchant, who never learnt anything about oil and whose major ...
Feb 8, 2012 · Marcus Samuel, Oil Baron. Marcus Samuel (1853-1927) was born in London to a wealthy Iraqi-Jewish family originally from the Netherlands. On a trip to the Black Sea in 1890, he saw the potential in oil (still a novel resource at the time). Samuel ordered the construction of 8 tankers that met the highest safety standards, receiving permission to ...