Viscount Simon, of
Stackpole Elidor in the
County of Pembroke
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, was a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom
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.
It was created on 20 May 1940 for the
Liberal
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politician
Sir John Simon
John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon, (28 February 1873 – 11 January 1954), was a British politician who held senior Cabinet posts from the beginning of the First World War to the end of the Second World War. He is one of only three peop ...
. He was
Home Secretary
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from 1915 to 1916 and 1935 to 1937,
Foreign Secretary
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from 1931 to 1935,
Chancellor of the Exchequer
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from 1937 to 1940 and
Lord Chancellor
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from 1940 to 1945. His second wife
Kathleen was a noted campaigner against slavery and other forms of involuntary servitude worldwide, and against
racial discrimination
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.
[ (Chapter 3, Lady Kathleen Simon and Antislavery, pages 103–145)][ ] From 1993 to 2021, the title was held by his grandson, the third Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1993. He was one of the ninety elected
hereditary peer
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s that remained in the
House of Lords
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after the passing of the
House of Lords Act 1999
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, and sat on the
Labour
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benches. He was married to Mary Elizabeth Burns from 1969 until her death in 2020. He died on 15 August 2021 and was survived by his daughter, Fiona, but he had no male heir and the viscountcy became extinct upon his death.
Viscounts Simon (1940)
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John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon (1873–1954)
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John Gilbert Simon, 2nd Viscount Simon (1902–1993)
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Jan David Simon, 3rd Viscount Simon
Jan David Simon, 3rd Viscount Simon (20 July 1940 – 15 August 2021), was a British hereditary peer and member of the House of Lords.
Biography
The son of the 2nd Viscount Simon, he was educated at Westminster School and at the School of ...
(1940–2021)
Notes
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
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