Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted (1853–1927), founder of the Shell Transport and Trading Company
His were the first such ships to satisfy the Suez Canal company of their safety, allowing him to ship his product to Bangkok and Singapore.
It was created in 1925 for the businessman Marcus Samuel, 1st Baron Bearsted, the joint-founder of the Shell Transport and Trading Company.
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The Samuel Baronetcy, of The Mote and Portland Place, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 26 August 1903 for the businessman Marcus Samuel.
Samuel founded Samuel Samuel & Co in Yokohama, Japan, in partnership with his elder brother Marcus Samuel, creator of the Shell Transport and Trading company.
In 1832, Marcus Samuel founded a company near the Tower of London to import goods from the Far East.