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Colonel Walter Horace Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted MC (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 as the company's second chairman.
Jul 21, 2022 · "Colonel Walter Horace Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted MC (13 March 1882 – 8 November 1948) was a British peer and former Chairman of the Shell Transport and Trading Company. He was also a prominent art collector, storing many of his pieces at his family home at Upton House in Warwickshire, and a philanthropist.
- March 13, 1882
- November 8, 1948
Upton House is the country house and weekend retreat where 2nd Viscount Bearsted, Walter Samuel, assembled one of the finest art collections in 20th-century England. Immerse yourself in a remarkable range of world-class paintings, from Stubbs and Hogarth to Bosch and El Greco.
Biography. Anglo-Jewish he was born in Marylebone, London to Marcus Samuel, Viscount Bearsted and his wife Fanny Elizabeth Benjamin. Walter became the 2nd Viscount Bearsted, along with a Barony and Baronetcy, upon his father's death in 1927 as his other brothers had been killed during WW1.
Colonel Walter Horace Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted MC (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 as the company's second chairman.
Walter Horace Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted (1882-1948), Director of Lloyds Bank, Ltd and Alliance Assurance Co. Sitter in 12 portraits. Artist back to top Elliott & Fry (active 1863-1962), Photographers.
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The acquisition of Upton House in 1927 by Walter Samuel, the 2nd Viscount Bearsted, coincided with the Great Depression. Unemployment and deprivation ran high, not least in the local village. Lord Bearsted wrote to the local community announcing that: ‘Any man who presents himself at my house at 9am on Monday morning shall find work there.’.
