Samuel West Samuel West Samuel Alexander Joseph West (born 19 June 1966) is a third-generation English actor, theatre director and voice actor. He has directed on stage and radio, and worked as an actor across theatre, film, television and radio. He often appears as reciter with orchestras and performed at the Last Night of the Proms in 2002. He has narrated several documentary series, including five for the BBC centred on events related to the Second World War. West was born in London, the elder son of actors Prunella Scales and Timothy West, and the grandson of the actor Lockwood West. He
Samuel Martin (Secretary to the Treasury) Samuel Martin (Secretary to the Treasury) Samuel Martin (1 September 1714 – 20 November 1788) was a British politician and administrator. He was born on the West Indies island of Antigua, the son of Samuel Martin, the leading plantation owner on the island. A half-brother was Sir Henry Martin, 1st Baronet (1733–1794), for many years naval commissioner at Portsmouth and Comptroller of the Navy, and the father of Thomas Byam Martin. Another half-brother was Josiah Martin (1737–1786), Governor of North Carolina from 1771. His full-sister Henrietta (Rilla) Fitzgerald was the mother of poet William Thomas Fitzgerald and mother-in-law of equity