Samuels was educated at Sir Walter St John's School and King's College London, qualifying as a solicitor in 1921.
He was instead appointed to the Metropolitan Water Board, and at the 1928 London County Council election, he won a seat in St Pancras South East.
From 1941, he again served on the Metropolitan Water Board, then at the 1946 London County Council election, he won a seat in Balham and Tooting, and was re-appointed as chair of the Public Control Committee.
However, at the 1952 London County Council election, he won a seat in Stoke Newington and Hackney North, and once more became chair of the Public Control Committee.
[1] Samuels left the council in 1967, but remained a member of the London Rent Assessment Panel until 1973, and from 1968 until 1974 chaired the Redhill and Netherne Group Hospital Management Committee.