The Viscount Simonds | |
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![]() 1953 photograph of Simonds by Sir Cecil Beaton | |
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain | |
In office 30 October 1951 – 18 October 1954 | |
Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
Preceded by | The Viscount Jowitt |
Succeeded by | The Viscount Kilmuir |
Personal details | |
Born | 28 November 1881 Reading, Berkshire |
Died | 28 June 1971 Westminster, London | (aged 89)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater | New College, Oxford |
Gavin Turnbull Simonds, 1st Viscount Simonds, PC (28 November 1881 – 28 June 1971) was a British judge, politician and Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain.