Arthur Samuel, 1st Baron Mancroft

Arthur Michael Samuel, 1st Baron Mancroft (6 December 1872 – 17 August 1942), was a British Conservative politician.


The Lord Mancroft
Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee
In office
1929–1931
Preceded byWilliam Graham
Succeeded byMorgan Jones
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office
1 November 1927  5 June 1929
Prime MinisterStanley Baldwin
Preceded byRonald McNeill
Succeeded byFrederick Pethick-Lawrence
Secretary for Overseas Trade
In office
4 November 1924  1 November 1927
Prime MinisterStanley Baldwin
Preceded byWilliam Lunn
Succeeded byDouglas Hacking
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
23 December 1937  17 August 1942
Hereditary peerage
Preceded byPeerage created
Succeeded byThe 2nd Baron Mancroft
Member of Parliament for
Farnham
In office
14 December 1918  23 March 1937
Preceded byCounty constituency
Succeeded byGodfrey Nicholson
Personal details
Born6 December 1872
Died17 August 1942 (aged 69)
Political partyConservative

Background

Lord Mancroft was the eldest son of Benjamin Samuel, of Norwich (19 April 1840 – 16 April 1890), and Rosetta Haldinstein (died 29 April 1907, daughter of Philip Haldinstein and wife Rachel Soman), and grandson of Michael Samuel (1799–1857), all of them were Ashkenazi Jews.

Early life

He was educated at Norwich School.[1] He was Lord Mayor of Norwich from 1912 to 1913 and was made an Honorary Freeman of the City of Norwich in 1928.

Member of Parliament

In 1918 he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Farnham, a seat he would hold until 1937, and served under Stanley Baldwin as Secretary for Overseas Trade from 1924 to 1927 and as Financial Secretary to the Treasury from 1927 to 1929. He was also chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of the House of Commons in 1930 and 1931. Samuel was created a Baronet, of Mancroft, in the City of Norwich in the County of Norfolk, on 15 January 1932,[2] and on 23 December 1937, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Mancroft, of Mancroft (referring to the area around St Peter Mancroft church) in the City of Norwich.[3]

Family

Lord Mancroft married Phoebe Fletcher, daughter of George Alfred Chune Fletcher and wife, in 1912. He died in August 1942, aged 69, and was succeeded in the baronetcy and barony by his son Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft. He was also to become a Conservative government minister.

The papers of Lord Mancroft are in the Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.[4]

Arms

Coat of arms of Arthur Samuel, 1st Baron Mancroft
Coronet
Coronet of a Baron
Crest
In front of a representation of Norwich Castle with three Cupolas issuant from each a Staff proper, flying therefrom a Banner Argent, charged with a Cross Gules, a Sword sheathed Gules, garnished Or, pommelled and hilted Or, and a Mace Gold, in saltire (i.e. a representation of the ancient Crystal Mace and the Sword in the Regalia of the Corporation of the City of Norwich).
Escutcheon
Gules, a Chevron chequy Argent and Sable, between in chief two Portcullises chained Or, and in base a representation of Farnham Castle triple towered Or, on a Chief Or, a Lion passant guardant Sable.
Supporters
On either side a Whiffler of the Corporation of the City of Norwich proper.
Motto
COURAGE, PATIENCE

    References

    1. Who's Who 1938, page 2220
    2. "No. 33791". The London Gazette. 19 January 1932. p. 419.
    3. "No. 34375". The London Gazette. 26 February 1937. p. 1324.
    4. http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0014%2FMNCR
    • Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
    Parliament of the United Kingdom
    New constituency Member of Parliament for Farnham
    19181937
    Succeeded by
    Godfrey Nicholson
    Political offices
    Preceded by
    William Lunn
    Secretary for Overseas Trade
    1924–1927
    Succeeded by
    Douglas Hacking
    Preceded by
    Ronald McNeill
    Financial Secretary to the Treasury
    1927–1929
    Succeeded by
    Frederick Pethick-Lawrence
    Peerage of the United Kingdom
    New title Baron Mancroft
    1937–1942
    Succeeded by
    Stormont Mancroft
    Baronetage of the United Kingdom
    New creation Baronet
    (of Mancroft)
    1932–1942
    Succeeded by
    Stormont Mancroft
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