Arthur Samuel, 1st Baron Mancroft

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Arthur Michael Samuel, 1st Baron Mancroft (6 December 1872-17 August 1942), was a British Conservative politician.

The eldest son of Benjamin Samuel of Norwich, Samuel was Lord Mayor of Norwich from 1912 to 1913. In 1918 he was elected to Parliament for Farnham, a seat he would hold until 1937, and served under Stanley Baldwin as Secretary for Overseas Trade from 1924 to 1927 and as Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 1927 to 1929. He was also Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of the House of Commons in 1930 and 1931. Samuel was created a Baronet, of Norwich in the County of Norfolk, in 1932 and in 1937 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Mancroft, of Mancroft in the City of Norwich.

Lord Mancroft married Phoebe Fletcher, daughter of Alfred Chune Fletcher, in 1912. He died in August 1942, aged 69, and was succeeded in the baronetcy and barony by his son Stormont Mancroft Samuel Mancroft. He was also to become a Conservative government minister.

[edit] References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by (new constituency)	Member of Parliament for Farnham 1918–1937	Succeeded by Godfrey Nicholson
Political offices
Preceded by William Lunn	Secretary for Overseas Trade 1924–1927	Succeeded by Douglas Hacking
Preceded by Ronald McNeill	Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1927–1929	Succeeded by Frederick Pethick-Lawrence
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New creation	Baron Mancroft 1937–1942	Succeeded by Stormont Mancroft Samuel Mancroft