The Rt. Hon. The Lord Bearsted Bt. (1921–1925) The Rt. Hon. The Viscount Bearsted Bt. (1925–1927) See also The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power Nellie Ionides Footnotes References Biography, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Further reading External links Shell International history Jewish Encyclopedia 1853 births 1927 deaths British businesspeople in the oil industry Founders of the petroleum industry Sheriffs of the City of London 20th-century lord mayors of London 20th-century English politicians 19th-century English politicians Bearsted, Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Knights Bachelor English Jews English justices of the peace English people of Iraqi-Jewish descent English expatriates in Japan People from Whitechapel People from Yokohama Burials at Willesden Jewish Cemetery Jewish British politicians Chief Executive Officers of Shell plc Conservative Party (UK) hereditary peers British politicians of Iraqi descent Barons created by George V Viscounts created by George V