Samuel Baronets
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The have been three Baronetcies created for people with the surname Samuel, all in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

. Two of the titles are still extant.

The Samuel Baronetcy, of Nevern Square, St Mary Abbots
St Mary Abbots
St Mary Abbots is an historic church located on Kensington High Street , London at a prominent intersection with Kensington Church Street. The present church was built in 1872 by the architect Sir George Gilbert Scott in neo-Gothic Early English style. It was the latest in a succession of churches...

 parish, Kensington, in the County of London, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 8 March 1898 for Saul Samuel, Agent-General for New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

 in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

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The Samuel Baronetcy, of The Mote and Portland Place, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 26 August 1903 for the businessman Marcus Samuel
Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted
Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted JP , known as Sir Marcus Samuel, 1st Baronet between 1903 and 1921 and subsequently as The Lord Bearsted until 1925, was the founder of the Shell Transport and Trading Company, a precursor to Royal Dutch Shell.-Career:Samuel was born into a Jewish family in...

. He was later elevated to the peerage as Baron Bearsted and promoted further to Viscount Bearsted
Viscount Bearsted
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, 1st Baron Bearsted, the joint-founder of the Shell Transport and Trading Company...

 in 1925. For more information, see this title.

The Samuel Baronetcy, of Chelwood Vetchery in the County of Sussex, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 8 July 1912 for the Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

 politician Stuart Samuel
Sir Stuart Samuel, 1st Baronet
Sir Stuart Montagu Samuel, 1st Baronet was a British Liberal politician. He was the elder brother of Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel....

. He had previously represented Whitechapel
Whitechapel (UK Parliament constituency)
Whitechapel was a parliamentary constituency in the Whitechapel district of East London. In 1885 the seat was established as a division of the parliamentary borough of Tower Hamlets...

 in the House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...

. Samuel was the elder brother of Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel
Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel
Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel GCB OM GBE PC was a British politician and diplomat.-Early years:...

, the nephew of Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling
Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling
Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling was a British banker who founded the bank of Samuel Montagu & Co.. He was a philanthropist and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1900, and was later raised to the peerage.Montagu was born in Liverpool as Montagu Samuel, the second...

, and the cousin of Edwin Samuel Montagu
Edwin Samuel Montagu
Edwin Samuel Montagu PC was a British Liberal politician. He notably served as Secretary of State for India between 1917 and 1922.-Background and education:...

. The title became extinct on his death in 1926.

Samuel Baronets, of Nevern Square (1898)

  • Sir Saul Samuel, 1st Baronet (1820-1900)
  • Sir Edward Levien Samuel, 2nd Baronet (1868-1937)
  • Sir Edward Louis Samuel, 3rd Baronet (1896-1961)
  • Sir John Oliver Cecil Samuel, 4th Baronet (1916-1962)
  • Sir John Michael Glen Samuel, 5th Baronet (b. 1944)

Samuel Baronets, of Chelwood Vetchery (1912)

  • Sir Stuart Montagu Samuel, 1st Baronet
    Sir Stuart Samuel, 1st Baronet
    Sir Stuart Montagu Samuel, 1st Baronet was a British Liberal politician. He was the elder brother of Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel....

    (1856-1926)
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