Geoffrey Isidore Hamilton Salmon (14 January 1908 – 29 April 1990), was the chairman of
J. Lyons and Co.
J. Lyons & Co. was a British restaurant Chain store, chain, food manufacturing, and hotel conglomerate founded in 1884 by Joseph Lyons (caterer), Joseph Lyons and his brothers in law, Isidore Gluckstein, Isidore and Montague Gluckstein. Lyons’ ...
from 1968 to 1972, and catering advisor to the British Army.
Early life
Salmon was born on 14 January 1908, and educated at
Malvern College
Malvern College is an Independent school (United Kingdom), independent coeducational day and boarding school in Malvern, Worcestershire, Malvern, Worcestershire, England. It is a public school (United Kingdom), public school in the British sen ...
and
Jesus College, Cambridge
Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college's full name is The College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist and the glorious Virgin Saint Radegund, near Cambridge. Its common name comes fr ...
.
He was the son of
Harry Salmon and his wife Lena Gluckstein, the daughter of
Isidore Gluckstein Isidore Gluckstein (1851–1920) was a director of Salmon & Gluckstein tobacco merchants, and one of the founders of J. Lyons and Co., a restaurant chain, food manufacturing, and hotel conglomerate created in 1884 that dominated British mass-cater ...
.
Career
Salmon was the chairman of
J. Lyons and Co.
J. Lyons & Co. was a British restaurant Chain store, chain, food manufacturing, and hotel conglomerate founded in 1884 by Joseph Lyons (caterer), Joseph Lyons and his brothers in law, Isidore Gluckstein, Isidore and Montague Gluckstein. Lyons’ ...
from 1968 to 1972, and catering advisor to the British Army.
Personal life
He married Peggy Jacobs (1915–1989), and they had two sons and a daughter.
References
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1908 births
1990 deaths
British Jews
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