Viscount Bearsted

Lord Bearsted, ca. 1902.

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. He had already been created a Baronet in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1903 and Baron Bearsted, of Maidstone in the County of Kent, in 1921, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The titles descended from father to son until the death of his grandson, the third Viscount, in 1986.

The late Viscount was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Viscount. As of 2017 the titles are held by the latter's son, the fifth Viscount, who succeeded in 1996.

The family seat is Farley Hall, near Swallowfield, Berkshire.

Viscounts Bearsted (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 (b. 1950)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Hon. Harry Richard Samuel (b. 1988).

Ancestry

Family of Viscount Bearsted

16. Marcus Samuel 8. Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted 17. Abigail Moss 4. Walter Horace Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted 18. Benjamin Benjamin 9. Fanny Elizabeth Benjamin 19. Hannah Maria Hart 2. Peter Montefiore Samuel, 4th Viscount Bearsted 20. Horatio Lucas Micholls 10. Edward Montefiore Micholls 21. Rebecca Montefiore 5. Dorothy Montefiore Micholls 22. Maurice Moses Beddington 11. Ada Rachael Beddington 23. Hannah Maria Neustadt 1. Nicholas Alan Samuel, 5th Viscount Bearsted 24. Lionel Louis Cohen 12. Leonard Lionel Cohen 25. Esther Moses 6. Lionel Leonard Cohen, Baron Cohen 26. Sigismund Schloss 13. Eliza Henrietta Schloss 27. Catherine Elkin 3. Hon. Elizabeth Adelaide Cohen 28. Adam Spielmann 14. Isidore Spielmann 29. Marian Samuel 7. Adelaide Spielmann 30. Joseph Sebag-Montefiore 15. Emily Sebag-Montefiore 31. Adelaide Cohen

Arms

Coat of arms of Viscount Bearsted

Coronet A Coronet of a Viscount Crest A Dexter Arm embowed proper grasping a Battle-Axe Argent the head charged with two Triangles interlaced Sable Escutcheon Gules on a Chevron between two Lions' Heads erased in chief and in base a Naval Crown Or a Heart Gules Supporters Dexter: a Horse Argent; Sinister: a Dragon Gules; each charged on the shoulder with a Heart Or Motto Facta Non Verba (Deeds, not words)

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• Paternal Ancestry of the 5th Viscount Bearsted
• Maternal Ancestry of the 5th Viscount Bearsted

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Nicholas Alan Samuel, 5th Viscount Bearsted
• Nicholas Samuel, 5th Viscount Bearsted at The Peerage