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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.
John Allse Brook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon (born February 28, 1873, Manchester, England—died January 11, 1954, London) was a British home secretary (1915–16, 1935–37), foreign secretary (1931–35), chancellor of the exchequer (1937–40), and lord chancellor (1940–45).
John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon. Viscount Simon, of Stackpole Elidor in the County of Pembroke, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 20 May 1940 for the Liberal politician Sir John Simon.
The leading barrister of his age, it was said that he had an annual income of up to £50,000 in the year immediately before the First World War. He shared with Winston Churchill the distinction of being the only man who sat in the British Cabinet at the outbreak of both world wars.
Sir John Simon. Born 28th February 1873 - Died 11th January 1954. 1st Viscount Simon. Liberal MP for Walthamstow 1906-18, Spen Valley 1922-31, Liberal National MP for Spen Valley 1931-40. Leader of the Liberal National Party 1931-40.
SIMON, JOHN ALLSEBROOK, 1st VISCOUNT SIMON of Stackpole Elidor (1873 - 1954), judge and politician. Born 28 February 1873 at Manchester, son of Edwin Simon, Congl. minister from Stackpole, Pembrokeshire, and Fanny (née Allsebrook) his wife. He was educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh and Wadham College, Oxford.
John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon. Statesman and politician; held high office in Liberal Governments up to 1916, resigned on conscription issue; formed Liberal National Party (1931); Foreign Secretary (1931-5); Home Secretary (1935-7); Chancellor (1937-40).
