{{short description|Viscountcy in the Peerage of the United Kingdom}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} 200px|thumb|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)== *Marcus Samuel, 1st Baron Bearsted (1853–1927) (created '''Viscount Bearsted''' in 1925)
==Viscount Bearsted (1925)== *Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted (1853–1927)<ref>{{Who's Who|title=Bearsted 1st Viscount cr 1925, of Maidstone (Marcus Samuel)|id=U193300}}</ref> *Walter Horace Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted (1882–1948)<ref>{{Who's Who|title=Bearsted 2nd Viscount cr 1925, of Maidstone (Walter Horace Samuel) (Baron cr 1921; Bt cr 1903)|id=U222403}}</ref> *Marcus Richard Samuel, 3rd Viscount Bearsted (1909–1986)<ref>{{Who's Who|title=Bearsted 3rd Viscount cr 1925, of Maidstone (Marcus Richard Samuel) (Baron cr 1921; Bt cr 1903)|id=U161863}}</ref> *Peter Montefiore Samuel, 4th Viscount Bearsted (1911–1996)<ref>{{Who's Who|title=Bearsted 4th Viscount cr 1925, of Maidstone, Kent (Peter Montefiore Samuel) (Bt 1903; Baron 1921)|id=U176810}}</ref> *Nicholas Alan Samuel, 5th Viscount Bearsted (b. 1950)<ref name="WW5">{{Who's Who|title=Bearsted 5th Viscount cr 1925, of Maidstone, Kent (Nicholas Alan Samuel) (Bt 1903; Baron 1921)|id=U6938}}</ref>
The heir apparent is the present holder's son Hon. Harry Richard Samuel (b. 1988).<ref name="WW5"/>
==Arms== {{Infobox COA wide |image = centre|150pxcentre|200px |crest = A Dexter Arm embowed proper grasping a Battle-Axe Argent the head charged with two Triangles interlaced Sable |coronet = A Coronet of a Viscount |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) }}
==Notes== {{reflist}}
==References== {{Reflist}} *Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
==External links== *{{Hansard-contribs | mr-nicholas-samuel | Nicholas Alan Samuel, 5th Viscount Bearsted }}
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