Edwin Herbert Samuel, 2nd Viscount Samuel CMG (Hebrew: אדווין הרברט סמואל; 11 September 1898 – 14 November 1978), was the son of Herbert Samuel and the father of Professor David Samuel. He served in the Jewish Legion.[1]
As a Viscount, he served as a peer in the House of Lords. There, one of his significant acts was to have the law which forbade marriage between a woman and her brother-in-law repealed. His explicit intent was to allow a man to fulfill his responsibility under the biblical Judaic law of Levirate marriage. That Judaic Levirate law stated that, when a woman's husband dies, it was the explicit responsibility of her brother-in-law to marry her and take care of her.
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Herbert Samuel |
Viscount Samuel 1963–1978 |
Succeeded by David Samuel |