Viscount Bearsted

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Viscount Bearsted, of Maidstone in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1925 for the businessman Marcus Samuel, the joint-founder of the Shell Transport and Trading Company. He had already been created a Baronet in 1903 and Baron Bearsted, of Maidstone in the County of Kent, in 1921. As of 2008 the titles are held by his great-grandson, the fifth Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1996.

[edit] Viscounts Bearsted (1925)

The Heir Apparent is the present holder's son Hon. Harry Richard Samuel (b. 1988)

[edit] References

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