Julia Aline Samuel MBE (née Guinness; born 12 September 1959)[1] is a British psychotherapist and paediatric counsellor.
[2] Samuel is the daughter of James Edward Alexander Rundell Guinness (1924–2006), a banker, and his wife, the former Pauline Vivien Mander (1926–2017).
In 1994 she helped launch and establish Child Bereavement UK, and as founder patron, continues to play an active role in the charity.
[7] Samuel was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to bereaved parents of babies.
[12] Samuel is the daughter of Old Etonian James Edward Alexander Rundell Guinness, a partner in - and later chairman of - his family's bank, Guinness Mahon, and chairman of the Public Works Loan Board from 1970 to 1990, and his wife Pauline, daughter of Howard Vivien Mander, of Congreve Manor, Penkridge, Staffordshire.