The Viscount Simon | |
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 Simon in 1931 | |
| Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain | |
| In office 10 May 1940 – 27 July 1945 | |
| Monarch | George VI |
| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Caldecote |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Jowitt |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
| In office 28 May 1937 – 10 May 1940 | |
| Prime Minister | Neville Chamberlain |
| Preceded by | Neville Chamberlain |
| Succeeded by | Sir Kingsley Wood |
| Foreign Secretary | |
| In office 5 November 1931 – 7 June 1935 | |
| Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Preceded by | The Marquess of Reading |
| Succeeded by | Sir Samuel Hoare |
| Home Secretary | |
| In office 7 June 1935 – 28 May 1937 | |
| Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin |
| Preceded by | Sir John Gilmour |
| Succeeded by | Sir Samuel Hoare |
| In office 27 May 1915 – 12 January 1916 | |
| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | Reginald McKenna |
| Succeeded by | Herbert Samuel |
| Attorney-General for England | |
| In office 19 October 1913 – 25 May 1915 | |
| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | Sir Rufus Isaacs |
| Succeeded by | Sir Edward Carson |
| Solicitor-General for England | |
| In office 7 October 1910 – 19 October 1913 | |
| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | Sir Rufus Isaacs |
| Succeeded by | Sir Stanley Buckmaster |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 20 May 1940 – 11 January 1954 Hereditary peerage | |
| Preceded by | Peerage created |
| Succeeded by | The 2nd Viscount Simon |
| Member of Parliament for Spen Valley | |
| In office 15 November 1922 – 1 June 1940 | |
| Preceded by | Tom Myers |
| Succeeded by | William Woolley |
| Member of Parliament for Walthamstow | |
| In office 8 February 1906 – 14 December 1918 | |
| Preceded by | David John Morgan |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Allsebrook Simon 28 February 1873 Moss Side, Manchester, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 11 January 1954 (aged 80) Westminster, London, England |
| Political party | Liberal Party |
| Other political affiliations | National Liberal Party |
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| 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 World War. He is one of three people to have served as Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer, the others being Rab 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 initially with the left wing[1] but later with the right wing of the party),[2] 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.
- ^ Keith Laybourn (2002). Fifty Key Figures in Twentieth-century British Politics. Psychology Press. p. 209. ISBN 9780415226769. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ^ Jennings, Ivor (1961). Party Politics: Volume 2: The Growth of Parties. Cambridge University Press. p. 268. ISBN 9780521137942. Retrieved 3 August 2015.