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Marcus Richard Samuel, 3rd Viscount Bearsted, (1 June 1909 – 15 October 1986) was a British peer and a director of a number of companies, including

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Education and Army career

Samuel was the son of Dorothy Montefiore (Micholls) and

Walter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted Colonel Walter Horace Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted (13 March 1882 – 8 November 1948) was an Anglo-Jewish army officer and oilman. Samuel was the son of Marcus Samuel, the founder of Shell Transport and Trading, and from 1921 to 1946 served ...

. He was educated at

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before going up to

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. He served in the

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with the

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eventually gaining the rank of

before he was wounded in 1944. He received the

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(TD) in 1945.

Later career

Marcus Samuel succeeded to his father's titles in 1948. Lord Bearsted was appointed deputy lieutenant (DL) for

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in 1950. Lord Bearsted held several directorships including of Sun Alliance,

and Hill Samuel Group. He made no speeches in the House of Lords.

Personal life

Samuel married Elizabeth Heather Firmston-Williams on 15 January 1947 with his wife becoming Viscountess Bearsted in 1948. They divorced in 1966 and she went on to marry

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. The Samuel couple had two daughters: *The Honourable Felicity Ann Samuel (3 April 1948) she married Robert Waley-Cohen on 9 December 1975. *The Honourable Camilla Elizabeth Samuel (27 October 1949 – 29 December 1962) Lord Bearsted's second marriage was to Jean Agnew Wallace on 24 January 1968 who predeceased him on 31 October 1978.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bearstead, Marcus Samuel, 3rd Viscount 1909 births 1986 deaths Alumni of New College, Oxford Deputy Lieutenants of Warwickshire People educated at Eton College Viscounts in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Warwickshire Yeomanry officers English people of Iraqi-Jewish descent British Army personnel of World War II