Walter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted

Colonel The Viscount Bearsted MC
Born	(1882-03-13)13 March 1882 London, England
Died	8 November 1948(1948-11-08) (aged 66) Upton House, Warwickshire
Burial place	Willesden Jewish Cemetery
Education	Eton College New College, Oxford
Spouse	Dorothy Montefiore Micholls ​ ​ (m. 1908)​
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1914–1948
Rank	Colonel
Unit	Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry
Battles / wars	World War I World War II

Colonel Walter Horace Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted MC (13 March 1882 – 8 November 1948) was an Anglo-Jewish army officer and oilman. Samuel was the son of Marcus Samuel, the founder of Shell Transport and Trading, and from 1921 to 1946 served as the company's second chairman. He was also a prominent art collector, storing many of his pieces at his family home at Upton House in Warwickshire, and a philanthropist. He was a member of the Jewish Fellowship,^[1] which was founded in 1942.