ABSTRACT
Herbert Samuel, who became the first Viscount Samuel in 1937, was a leading figure in the Liberal Party during the early twentieth century, becoming Leader between 1931 and 1935. He was a Minister in the Liberal government and wartime administrations of 1905 to 1916 and also High Commissioner of Palestine between 1920 and 1925. He was, indeed, deeply involved in the Jewish community and a Zionist, much respected by the Jewish settlers. Politically, Samuel is associated with the Asquithian free-trade wing of the Liberal Party and often found himself in opposition to David Lloyd George, even though he favoured government-inspired social reform of New Liberalism in his younger years.
