Viscount Samuel

Herbert Samuel,
1st Viscount Samuel

Viscount Samuel, of Mount Carmel and Toxteth in the City of Liverpool, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1937 for the Liberal politician and former High Commissioner of the British Mandate of Palestine, Herbert Samuel. As of 2010 the title is held by his grandson, the third Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1978. He is a prominent Israeli chemist and neurobiologist.

The first Viscount Samuel was the nephew of the banker Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling.

Viscounts Samuel (1937)

• Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (1870–1963)
• Edwin Herbert Samuel, 2nd Viscount Samuel (1898–1978)
• David Herbert Samuel, 3rd Viscount Samuel (b. 1922)

The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother the Hon. Dan Judah Samuel (b. 1925)

The heir presumptive's heir apparent is his son Jonathan Herbert Samuel (b. 1965)

See also

• Baron Swaythling

Notes

References

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