He sat in the House of Commons from 1913 to 1934, and had extensive investments in East Asia.

[2] Samuel unsuccessfully contested Leeds West at the 1906 and January 1910 general elections,[3] and was unsuccessful again in Sunderland at the December 1910 general election.

[4] He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wandsworth at a by-election in June 1913, following the resignation of Sir Henry Kimber, Bt.

[5] The constituency was divided at the 1918 general election, when he was returned as a Coalition Conservative for the new Putney division of Wandsworth.

[6] He held the seat until his death on 23 October 1934, aged 79.