Lord Bearsted, ca. 1902.

Viscount Bearsted, of Maidstone in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1925 for the businessman Marcus Samuel, 1st Baron Bearsted, the joint-founder of the Shell Transport and Trading Company. He had already been created a Baronet in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1903 and Baron Bearsted, of Maidstone in the County of Kent, in 1921, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The titles descended from father to son until the death of his grandson, the third Viscount, in 1986.

The late Viscount was succeeded by his younger brother, the fourth Viscount. As of 2017, the titles are held by the latter's son, the fifth Viscount, who succeeded in 1996.

The family seat is Farley Hall, near Swallowfield, Berkshire.

Baron Bearsted (1921)

Viscount Bearsted (1925)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Hon. Harry Richard Samuel (b. 1988).

Arms

Coat of arms of Viscount Bearsted
Coronet
A Coronet of a Viscount
Crest
A Dexter Arm embowed proper grasping a Battle-Axe Argent the head charged with two Triangles interlaced Sable
Escutcheon
Gules on a Chevron between two Lions' Heads erased in chief and in base a Naval Crown Or a Heart Gules
Supporters
Dexter: a Horse Argent; Sinister: a Dragon Gules; each charged on the shoulder with a Heart Or
Motto
Facta Non Verba (Deeds, not words)

References

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