Sir Samuel Isidore Salmon,

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

, JP (18 October 1900 – 10 November 1980) was a British politician, corporate executive, and philanthropist.

Early life

Salmon was born in Kensington, London, the son of Isidore Salmon MP and Kate Abrahams. He attended

Bedales School Bedales School is a co-educational, boarding and day independent school in the village of Steep, near the market town of Petersfield in Hampshire, England. It was founded in 1893 by John Haden Badley in reaction to the limitations of conven ...

, for which he was

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in 1919.

Career

Salmon served on

London County Council London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected. It covered the area today kno ...

, representing Cities of London and Westminster, from 1949 until its abolition in 1965. From 1965 to 1968, he was a member of the Greater London Council, for which he became

Deputy Chairman The chairperson, also chairman, chairwoman or chair, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by members of the grou ...

in 1968. He was Mayor of Hammersmith in 1968–69, and from 1965 to 1968 was chairman of J. Lyons and Co.Peter Bird
"J. Lyons & Co.: Origins of the Company"
2002, retrieved 22 November 2016.

Personal life

Salmon married Lallah Wendy Benjamin; they had two children: Belinda Harding and Jonathan Salmon.

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retrieved 22 Feb 2011. 1900 births 1980 deaths People from Kensington Jewish British politicians Knights Bachelor Members of London County Council Members of the Greater London Council English chief executives Mayors of places in Greater London Councillors in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham People educated at Bedales School Gluckstein family Samuel Isidore 20th-century English businesspeople {{UK-business-bio-stub