Viscount Samuel
Viscountcy in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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Viscount Samuel, of Mount Carmel and of Toxteth in the City of Liverpool, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[2] It was created on 8 June 1937 for the Liberal politician and former High Commissioner of the British Mandate of Palestine, Herbert Samuel. His grandsons, the third and fourth Viscounts, were respectively a prominent Israeli chemist and neurobiologist, and an oil executive. As of 2014 the title is held by the 4th Viscount's son, who succeeded as fifth Viscount in that year.
| Viscountcy of Samuel | |
|---|---|
 Escutcheon: Or a Bend between two Caps of Liberty Gules on a Chief Sable a Balance of the first: Crest: In front of a Sun rising Or a Dove wings elevated and addorsed holding in the beak an Olive Branch proper; Supporters: On either side a Lion Or the dexter gorged with a Collar Gules and resting the interior hind leg on a Stump of Oak eradicated and sprouting proper the sinister gorged with an Eastern Crown also Gules and resting the interior hind leg on a Stump of Olive eradicated and sprouting also proper[1] | |
| Creation date | 8 June 1937 |
| Created by | King George VI |
| Peerage | Peerage of the United Kingdom |
| First holder | Sir Herbert Samuel |
| Present holder | Jonathan Samuel |
| Heir presumptive | The Hon. Benjamin Samuel |
| Remainder to | Heirs male of the first viscount's body, lawfully begotten |
| Motto | Turn Not Aside |
1st Viscount Samuel
The first Viscount Samuel was the nephew of the banker Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling.
Viscounts Samuel (1937)
- Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (1870–1963)
- Edwin Herbert Samuel, 2nd Viscount Samuel (1898–1978)
- David Herbert Samuel, 3rd Viscount Samuel (1922–2014)
- Dan Judah Samuel, 4th Viscount Samuel (1925–2014)
- Jonathan Herbert Samuel, 5th Viscount Samuel (b. 1965)
The heir presumptive and last in line is the present holder's half-brother Hon. Benjamin Angus Samuel (b. 1983).[3]
