John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon, 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 peopl
Simon in 1931
Simon circa 1916
Dame Kathleen Simon, Viscountess Simon (17 February 1920)
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The National Liberal Party, known until 1948 as the Liberal National Party, was a liberal political party in the United Kingdom from 1931 to 1968. It broke away from the Liberal Party on the issue of
John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon
…the most senior position in the British legal system. Beginning his career as a Liberal, he joined the National Government in 1931, creating the Liberal National Party in the process. Simon was born in a terraced house on Moss Side, Manchester, the eldest child and only son of Edwin Simon (1843–1920) and wife Fanny…
Walter Runciman, a key Liberal National but President of the Liberal Party's Federation until 1936