Jack Simon, Baron Simon of Glaisdale
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President of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division | |
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| In office 8 February 1962 – 19 April 1971 | |
| Preceded by | The Lord Merriman |
| Succeeded by | Sir George Baker |
| Solicitor General for England and Wales | |
| In office 22 October 1959 – 8 February 1962 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan |
| Preceded by | Sir Harry Hylton-Foster |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Hobson |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |
| In office 15 January 1958 – 22 October 1959 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan |
| Chancellor | Derick Heathcoat-Amory |
| Preceded by | Enoch Powell |
| Succeeded by | Edward Boyle |
| Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough West | |
| In office 25 October 1951 – 28 February 1962 | |
| Preceded by | Geoffrey Cooper |
| Succeeded by | Jeremy Bray |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 January 1911 Hampstead, London, England |
| Died | 7 May 2006 (aged 95) |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouses | Gwendolen Evans
(m. 1934; died 1937)Fay Pearson (m. 1948) |
| Children | 3, including Second World War
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| Awards | Mentioned in dispatches |
Jocelyn Edward Salis Simon, Baron Simon of Glaisdale,
He held three ministerial positions in the government of
Simon's appointment, as of 2015, marks the last appointment of a former member of the House of Commons as a
Early life
Simon was born in
In the
He returned to legal practice in 1946, and was appointed King's Counsel in 1951. At the time of his death, he was the last surviving person to have been originally appointed as King's Counsel.
Political career
Simon's career then took a political turn: at the 1951 general election which returned Winston Churchill to office, he was elected as Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Middlesbrough West, winning the seat from Labour. He held the seat for 11 years.
Despite continuing his legal practice, he was attentive to constituency matters, and increased his majority in the
A year later, the ministerial team at
Judicial career
Simon seemed destined for a seat in the
He remained President of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division for nine years, until he was created a Life peer as Baron Simon of Glaisdale, of Glaisdale in the North Riding of the County of York on 5 February 1971 and appointed a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.[4] He retired from judicial office in 1977, but continued to attend the House of Lords and took a close interest in legislation.
He sat as a
At the time of his death in 2006 he was the last living person to have held the title of a KC having been appointed in 1951 under the reign of George VI, although he used the suffix QC between 1952 and 2006.[5]
Lord-Lieutenancy
He was appointed as a deputy lieutenant for North Yorkshire in 1973.
Family
He married his first wife, Gwendolen Evans, in 1934. She died in 1937. He married his second wife, Fay, in 1948; they had three sons. One, Sir Peregrine Simon, also became a barrister and High Court judge.
Arms
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References
- ^ 'Lord Simon of Glaisdale', The Independent, 9 May 2004.
- ^ "No. 41860". The London Gazette. 3 November 1959. p. 6941.
- ^ "No. 42231". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 December 1960. p. 8889.
- ^ "No. 45300". The London Gazette. 9 February 1971. p. 1221.
- ^ "Adjusting to the King's Counsel Era". www.thetimes.co.uk.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2003. p. 1476.
Sources
- Obituary (The Guardian, 8 May 2006)
- Obituary[dead link] (The Daily Telegraph, 8 May 2006)
- Obituary (The Times, 8 May 2006)
- Obituary (The Independent, 9 May 2006)
