Howard Samuel Samuel

1914 - 1961  (47 years)

• Name	Howard Samuel Samuel
  Birth	2 Feb 1914	Hampstead, London, England   [1, 2, 3]
  	Fact Flags: Preferred
  Gender	Male
  Census	19 Jun 1921	Hampstead, London, England   [4]
  	Age: 7y 4m
  	Address: 4 Parsifal Road
  	Relation to Head of House: Son School: Whole Time
  Census	29 Sep 1939	Camden Town, London, England   [3]
  	Age: 25y
  	Address: 27 Marlborough Mansions
  	Born: 02/02/1914 Surveyor
  Death	6 May 1961	Glyfada Beach, Athens, Greece   [5, 6, 7]
  	Age: 47y
  	Home address: 72 Elm Park Road, Chelsea, London Fact Flags: Preferred
  Probate	23 May 1961	Chelsea, London, England
  	Address: 72 Elm Park Road
  	Probate to widow, Jane Willington Samuel and Basil Samuel, company director Effects ?3,848,222 6s 5d
  Reference Number	BR 1731a
  Reference Number	BR-J
  Person ID	I4803	Jacobs
  Last Modified	17 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Henry Samuel Samuel,   b. 25 May 1879, Marylebone, London, England d. 7 Mar 1963, Holborn, London, England (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Grace Jacobs,   b. 14 Oct 1885, Islington, London, England d. 27 Oct 1959, Holborn, London, England (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	8 Feb 1912	Paddington, London, England   [8]
  Family ID	F1570	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane Willington Lane
  Marriage	26 Oct 1944	Westminster, London, England   [9]
  Family ID	F1578	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2020

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 2 Feb 1914 - Hampstead, London, England Census - Age: 7y 4m,Address: 4 Parsifal Road - 19 Jun 1921 - Hampstead, London, England Census - Age: 25y,Address: 27 Marlborough Mansions - 29 Sep 1939 - Camden Town, London, England Marriage - 26 Oct 1944 - Westminster, London, England Death - Age: 47y - 6 May 1961 - Glyfada Beach, Athens, Greece Probate - Address: 72 Elm Park Road - 23 May 1961 - Chelsea, London, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Jacobs, Grace and family Received from Shlomo Katanka August 2015 Media Date: 1915
  		Jane and Howard SAMUEL wedding photo 26 Oct 1944 annotated Record originated in Jacobs Tree Media Date: 29 OCT 1944

  
  

• Notes

  Date of birth may be 02 Feb 1914 He married Jane WILLINGTON in 1944. He died on 6 May 1961 in Glyfada, near Athens. - Haven't been able to confirm either. [5] Possibly went to in Hamilton, Bermuda in1949 - see passenger list for SS Veendam There is a Henry Samuel and wife Jane, both aged 35 UK address: 97 Mortimer Street, London W1 He is a surveyor Chicago Tribune May 8 1961 http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1961/05/08/page/55/article/greeks-probe-death-of-rich-briton-in-sea#text GREEKS PROBE DEATH OF RICH BRITON IN SEA Howard Samuel Began with $500 ATHENS, May 7 [Reuters]- Athens police today opened an investigation into the death of a British millionaire body was washed ashore on a nearby beach yesterday. Howard Samuel, 47, a real estate tycoon, arrived here Friday night, registered at the Grande Bretagne hotel, and went to Glyfada beach 12 miles south of Athens for a swim yesterday morning. Lifeguards recovered his body a few hours later. The British consulate sealed his hotel room after police re- ported his death. A post mor- tem was scheduled for tomor- row. The coroner said the possi- bility that Samuel died of a heart attack could not be ex- cluded. The sea at the point where his body was found is shallow. Despite his wealth, Samuel was a Socialist. He was a friend of the late Aneurln Bev- an, Labor party leader, and a director of the Socialist week- ly Tribune. Samuel left school at 16, and became a surveyor s clerk. He started in the realty business with a capital of $500. Later he and his brother, Basil, formed their own realty f i r m a n d amassed a fortune. In 1944, he married Jane Lane, an artist whose work has been exhibited in London and New York City. They have two children, Nigel, 15, and Nicola, 10. Their marriage was dis- solved in 1958 but they re-mar- ried four months later. Samuel and his brother in 1959 launched a s u c- cessful company, Great Port- land Estates Ltd., taking over their already extensive London interests. They sold $3,864,000 worth of Great Portland shares and their remaining shares were es- timated to be worth $11,200,000, The company s tenants include the British Broadcasting corpo- ration a n d London's central electricity authority.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3242] BMD - Birth Index, 29 Aug 2015, 1914 JFM Hampstead 1A 1080. [S2801] Notes - Shlomo Katanka - Aug/Sept 2015, 3 Oct 2015. [S3744] 1939 Nat Reg RG 101-0245F-013 - Samuel, Henry S, 31 Aug 2021. [S3880] 1921 Census RG15-00679-0363 - Samuel, Henry S, 2 Apr 2023. [S2801] Notes - Shlomo Katanka - Aug/Sept 2015, 1 Sep 2015. [S2802] Will - Index - Samuel, Howard, Bef Jan 2020. [S3339] Newspaper Cutting - Samuel, Howard - Death, 1 Sep 2015. [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, 29 Aug 2015, 1912 JFM Paddington 1A 151. [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, 1 Sep 2015, 1944 OND Westminster 1A 868.