Dan Judah Samuel, 4th Viscount Samuel (25 March 1925 – 7 November 2014) was a

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i businessman and peer.

Biography

Samuel was the son of Hadassah Goor and

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, the grandson of the British-Jewish diplomat

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, and the younger brother of David Samuel, 3rd Viscount Samuel. He was a second cousin of chemist

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. He fought in the

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, before fighting for

in 1948. He was a senior executive for the

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group for more than 30 years. From 1957 until 1977 he was married to Esther "Nonni" Gordon, who is from

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. They had three children, including the 5th Viscount, Jonathan Herbert Samuel. Samuel later married Heather Cumming in 1981. They divorced in 1992.

Peerage

Samuel only held the viscountcy for one month, after his brother had died on 7 October 2014. The 4th Viscount Samuel then died in

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, on 7 November 2014 at the age of 89.

References

1925 births 2014 deaths British Jews

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