John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon
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The Right Honourable The Viscount Simon GCSI GCVO OBE PC |
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| Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain | |
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In office 10 May 1940 – 27 July 1945 |
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| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Caldecote |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount Jowitt |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
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In office 28 May 1937 – 10 May 1940 |
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| Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | Neville Chamberlain |
| Succeeded by | Sir Kingsley Wood |
| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 5 November 1931 – 7 June 1935 |
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| Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Preceded by | The Marquess of Reading |
| Succeeded by | Sir Samuel Hoare, Bt |
| Home Secretary | |
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In office 7 June 1935 – 28 May 1937 |
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| Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin |
| Preceded by | Sir John Gilmour, Bt |
| Succeeded by | Sir Samuel Hoare, Bt |
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In office 27 May 1915 – 12 January 1916 |
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| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | Reginald McKenna |
| Succeeded by | Herbert Samuel |
| Attorney-General | |
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In office 19 October 1913 – 25 May 1915 |
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| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | Sir Rufus Isaacs |
| Succeeded by | Sir Edward Carson |
| Solicitor-General | |
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In office 7 October 1910 – 19 October 1913 |
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| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | Sir Rufus Isaacs |
| Succeeded by | Sir Stanley Buckmaster |
| Personal details | |
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John Allsebrook Simon 28 February 1873 |
| Died | 11 January 1954 (aged 80) |
| Political party | Liberal Party |
| Other political affiliations |
National Liberal Party |
| Spouse(s) | Ethel Venables (1899-1902; her death); 3 children Kathleen Rochard Manning (1917-1954; his death) |
| Children | Margaret Edwards Joan Bickford-Smith John Gilbert Simon, 2nd Viscount Simon |
| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford |
John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon GCSI GCVO OBE PC (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. He is one of only three people to have served as Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer, the others being R. A. Butler and James Callaghan.
He also served as Lord Chancellor, the most senior position in the British legal system. Beginning his career as a Liberal (identified with the left-wing and later the right-wing of the Party), he joined the National Government in 1931, creating the Liberal National Party in the process. At the end of his career, he was essentially a Conservative.
Simon was the son of Edwin Simon (1843–1920), a Congregational minister in Manchester, and Fanny Allsebrook (1846–1936). He was educated at Fettes College in Edinburgh and Wadham College, Oxford, where he was a near-contemporary of F.E. Smith and of the athlete C.B. Fry. He became a fellow of All Souls in 1897 and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1899.
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