Samuel, Herbert Louis

Samuel, Herbert Louis
(1870-1963)
   First viscount, born in Liverpool, England. He entered politics and with the outbreak of World War I developed an interest in the subject of Zionism and the creation of a Jewish national home. He was appointed the first high commissioner of Palestine and served from 1920 to 1925, during which time he was instrumental in the establishment of the foundations of the civil administration of Palestine.

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