Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel

The Right Honourable Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, G.C.B., O.M., G.B.E., P.C.

• Born: 6 November 1870
• Died: 5 February 1963

Known as

• 1870-1902: Mr. Herbert Samuel
• 1902-1908: Mr. Herbert Samuel, M.P.
• 1908-1918: The Rt. Hon. Herbert Samuel, M.P.
• 1918-1920: The Rt. Hon. Herbert Samuel
• 1920-1926: The Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert Samuel, G.B.E.
• 1926-1929: The Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert Samuel, G.C.B., G.B.E.
• 1929-1935: The Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert Samuel, G.C.B., G.B.E., M.P.
• 1935-1937: The Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert Samuel, G.C.B., G.B.E.
• 1937-1958: The Viscount Samuel, G.C.B., G.B.E., P.C.
• 1958-1963: The Viscount Samuel, G.C.B., O.M., G.B.E., P.C.

Education

• University College School
• Balliol College, Oxford

Offices

• Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1905-1909
• Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1909-1910, 1915-1916
• Postmaster-General, 1910-1914, 1915
• President of the Local Government Board, 1914-1915
• Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1916, 1931-1932
• High Commissioner of Palestine, 1920-1925

Peerage Titles

• Viscount Samuel, 1937

Chivalric Orders

• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire, 1920
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, 1926
• Order of Merit, 1958

Privy Council

• Privy Councillor, 1908

Other Honours

• Member of the Order of Merit, 1958

Parliamentary Seats

• Member of Parliament for Cleveland, 1902-1918
• Member of Parliament for Darwen, 1929-1935

Party Positions

• Chairman of the Liberal Party, 1927-1931
• Leader of the Liberal Party, 1931-1935

Preceded by: Sir John Simon	Secretary of State for the Home Department 1916	Succeeded by: Sir George Cave
Preceded by: John Clynes	Secretary of State for the Home Department 1931–1932	Succeeded by: Sir John Gilmour