Howard Samuel SAMUEL

1914 - 1961  (47 years)   Has 28 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

Henry Samuel SAMUEL

1879 - 1963  (83 years)

Birth	25 May 1879	Marylebone, London, England
Died	7 Mar 1963	Holborn, London, England
	Age: 83y
	Address: 1 Linden Gardens
Father	Albert Henry SAMUEL,   b. Between Apr 1851 and Jun 1851, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Mother	Fanny DUTCH
Married	9 Jan 1877	Dublin, Ireland
Family 1	Grace JACOBS,   b. 14 Oct 1885, Islington, London, England
Married	8 Feb 1912	Paddington, London, England
	Address: Bayswater Synagogue
Children	1. Albert Basil SAMUEL,   b. Between Jan 1913 and Mar 1913, Hampstead, London, England   2. Howard Samuel SAMUEL,   b. 2 Feb 1914, Hampstead, London, England   3. Iris SAMUEL,   b. 28 Dec 1919, Hampstead, London, England
Family 2	Gloria PLATNAUER,   b. Abt 1902, Lichtenburg, South Africa
Married	Between Jan 1960 and Mar 1960	Kensington, London, England

Grace JACOBS

1885 - 1959  (74 years)

Birth	14 Oct 1885	Islington, London, England
Died	27 Oct 1959	Holborn, London, England
	Age: 74y
	Address: National Hospital, Queen Square
Father	Harry Braham JACOBS,   b. Between Jul 1859 and Sep 1859, Haymarket, London, England
Mother	Clara SAMUEL,   b. Between Oct 1860 and Dec 1860, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Married	8 Feb 1881	Westminster, London, England
Family	Henry Samuel SAMUEL,   b. 25 May 1879, Marylebone, London, England
Married	8 Feb 1912	Paddington, London, England
	Address: Bayswater Synagogue
Children	1. Albert Basil SAMUEL,   b. Between Jan 1913 and Mar 1913, Hampstead, London, England   2. Howard Samuel SAMUEL,   b. 2 Feb 1914, Hampstead, London, England   3. Iris SAMUEL,   b. 28 Dec 1919, Hampstead, London, England

Jane Willington LANE

Family	Howard Samuel SAMUEL,   b. 2 Feb 1914, Hampstead, London, England
Married	26 Oct 1944	Westminster, London, England

• 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
  Ancestor Count	35
  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
  _UID	9CD494D9C80D4D56B8F3E9000AA197457099
  Person ID	I4803	Dave
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2025

  
  

  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]
  	Address: Bayswater Synagogue
  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 Probate - Address: 72 Elm Park Road - 23 May 1961 - Chelsea, London, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Jacobs, Grace and family Received from Shlomo Katanka August 2015
  		Jacobs, Grace and family Received from Shlomo Katanka August 2015
  		Jane and Howard SAMUEL wedding photo 26 Oct 1944 annotated Record originated in Jacobs Tree
  		Jane and Howard SAMUEL wedding photo 26 Oct 1944 annotated Record originated in Jacobs Tree

  
  

• 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.