Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel

British politician

Date of Birth: 06-Nov-1870

Place of Birth: Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 05-Feb-1963

Profession: politician, diplomat, statistician

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel

  • Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, (6 November 1870 – 5 February 1963) was a British Liberal politician who was the party leader from 1931 to 1935.
  • He was the first nominally-practising Jew to serve as a Cabinet minister and to become the leader of a major British political party.
  • Samuel was the last member of the Liberal Party to hold one of the four Great Offices of State (as Home Secretary from 1931-32 in the National Government of Ramsay MacDonald).
  • He also served as a diplomat. One of the adherents of "New Liberalism", Samuel helped to draft and present social reform legislation while he was serving as a Liberal cabinet member.

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