Samuel Samuel
Samuel Samuel | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 April 1855 London, England |
| Died | 23 October 1934 (aged 79) |
| Known for | Founder, The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company |
| Relatives | Marcus Samuel (brother) Walter Samuel (nephew) Nellie Ionides (niece) |
Samuel Samuel (7 April 1855 – 23 October 1934[1]) was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1913 to 1934, and had extensive investments in East Asia. He was one of the founders of the company that would become Shell.
Biography
Samuel, born in London, into an Iraqi Jewish family who settled in the
industrialization of Japan, and Japan's thirst for fuel.[2]
Samuel unsuccessfully contested Leeds West at the 1906 and January 1910 general elections,[3] and was unsuccessful again in Sunderland at the December 1910 general election.[4]
He was elected as the
Coalition Conservative for the new Putney division of Wandsworth.[6]
He held the seat until his death on the 23rd October 1934, aged 79.
References
- ISBN 9781403939104.
- ^ Henriques, Robert (1960) Marcus Samuel, first Viscount Bearsted and founder of the ‘Shell’ Transport and Trading Company, 1853-1927, London: Barrie and Rockliff
- ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- ^ Craig, British parliamentary election results 1885–1918, page 197
- ^ Craig, British parliamentary election results 1885–1918, page 58
- ISBN 0-900178-06-X.