Henry Salmon JP (1881–1950), was a British businessman, the chairman from 1941 to 1950 of J. Lyons and Co.

Early life

Harry Salmon was a younger son of Barnett Salmon (1829–1897) who co-founded

Salmon & Gluckstein Salmon & Gluckstein were a British tobacconist. Founded in London in 1873 by Samuel Gluckstein and Barnett Salmon (1829–1897), they pursued an aggressive expansion to become the largest tobacco sellers in the UK, with over 140 retail outlets. ...

and J. Lyons and Co.

Career

Salmon was a director of J. Lyons and Co. by 1935, and chairman from 1941 to 1950, when he was succeeded by Major Montague Isidore Gluckstein OBE.

Personal life

Salmon married 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 ...

and his wife Rose Cohen. Their children included Geoffrey Salmon and Ruth Margaret Salmon Monbiot, the grandmother of

George Monbiot George Joshua Richard Monbiot ( ; born 27 January 1963) is a British writer known for his environmental and political activism. He writes a regular column for ''The Guardian'' and is the author of a number of books. Monbiot grew up in Oxfordsh ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Salmon, Henry 1881 births 1950 deaths 20th-century British businesspeople British Jews

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