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Herbert Samuel

AKA Herbert Louis Samuel

Born: 6-Nov-1870
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Died: 2-Feb-1963
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Politician

Nationality: England
Executive summary: High Commissioner of Palestine, 1920-25

Leader of the British Liberal Party, 1931-35. Became 1st Viscount Samuel, 1937.

Father: Edwin Louis Samuel (banker)

    High School: University College School, London
    University: Balliol College, Oxford University

    UK Home Secretary (1931-32)
    UK Member of Parliament for Darwen (1929-35)
    UK Official High Commissioner of Palestine (1920-25)
    UK Home Secretary (1916)
    UK Postmaster General (1915-16)
    Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1915-16)
    UK Postmaster General (1910-14)
    Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1909-10)
    UK Member of Parliament for Cleveland (1902-18)
    Knighthood 1920

Author of books:
Essays in Physics (1951)
In Search of Reality (1957)
A Threefold Cord: Philosophy, Science, Religion (1961, with Herbert Dingle)


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