Samuel Samuel, banker, conservative member of Parliament since 1913 and prominent Anglo-Jewish philanthropist, died here today at the age of 79.
Mr. Samuel was reputed to be one of the wealthiest men in Europe. With his brother, the late Lord Bearsted, he formed the Shell Transport and Trading Co., Ltd., of which he was director, as he was of the banking house of M. Samuel and Company, Ltd.
Mr. Samuel was educated in London and in Paris, and lived for a number of years in the East, where he travelled extensively. He was unmarried.
At the time of his death Mr. Samuel was a member of the executive council of the Shipping Federation and of the council of the Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom. He was also a director of the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company, Ltd., Lloyds Bank, and the Capital and Counties Bank, Ltd.
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