Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel

Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (6 November 1870 – 5 February 1963) was a British politician who served as the leader of the Liberal Party from 1931 to 1935. The first Jew to serve as a Cabinet minister, Samuel promoted Zionism within the British Cabinet, beginning with his 1915 memorandum entitled The Future of Palestine.