Major Marcus Richard Samuel, 3rd Viscount Bearsted, TD, DL (1 June 1909 – 15 October 1986) was a British peer and a director of a number of companies, including Lloyds Bank.
He served in the Second World War with the Warwickshire Yeomanry eventually gaining the rank of Major before he was wounded in 1944.
Lord Bearsted held several directorships including of Sun Alliance, Lloyds Bank and Hill Samuel Group.
[1] Samuel married Elizabeth Heather Firmston-Williams on 15 January 1947 with his wife becoming Viscountess Bearsted in 1948.
The Samuel couple had two daughters: Lord Bearsted's second marriage was to Jean Agnew Wallace on 24 January 1968 who predeceased him on 31 October 1978.