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Samuel (RT HON HERBERT SAMURAI ment)

RT. HON. HERBERT SAMURAI ment, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, with a seat in the cabinet in 1909-10 and 1915-16. He was Postmaster- General, 1910-14 and 1915-16; President of the Local Government Board, 1914-15; Secretary of State for Home Affairs, 1916; Chairman of the Select Committee on National Expenditure, 1917-18; British RT. HON. HERBERT LOUIS SAMUEL Special Commissioner to Belgium in 1919.

In 1920 he was appointed British High Commissioner under the mandate over Palestine given to Great Britain by the Supreme Council of the Allied Powers at San Remo on April 25, 1920, with the object of establishing a National Home for the Jewish people. His published works include: "Liberalism, Its Principles and Proposals"; "The War and Liberty"; and numerous political pamphlets and articles.