Viscount Bearsted
Viscount Bearsted , of Maidstone in the County of Kent , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Award
The title was created on June 16, 1925 for the entrepreneur Marcus Samuel, 1st Baron Bearsted . He was the founder of The Shell Transport and Trading Company , the predecessor of today's Royal Dutch Shell .
Subordinate title
The first Viscount had already been raised to Baronet , of the Mote and Portland Place, on August 26, 1903 , and to Baron Bearsted , of Maidstone in the County of Kent, on June 15, 1921 . These titles, which belong to the Baronetage or Peerage of the United Kingdom, have been used as subordinate titles by the respective Viscount since 1925.
List of Viscounts Bearstedt (1925)
- Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted (1853–1927)
- Walter Horace Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted (1882–1948)
- Marcus Richard Samuel, 3rd Viscount Bearsted (1909–1986)
- Peter Montefiore Samuel, 4th Viscount Bearsted (1911–1996)
- Nicholas Alan Samuel, 5th Viscount Bearsted (* 1950)
The heir ( Heir Apparent ) is the son of the current viscount, Hon. Harry Richard Samuel (* 1988).
Individual evidence
- ^ The London Gazette : No. 33058, p. 4109 , June 19, 1925.
Literature and web links
- Charles Kidd, David Williamson (Editor): Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. St Martin's Press, New York 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page