Jack Simon, Baron Simon of Glaisdale

Jocelyn Edward Salis Simon, Baron Simon of Glaisdale, PC, DL (15 January 1911  7 May 2006) was a Law Lord in the United Kingdom, having been, by turns, a barrister, a commissioned officer in the British Army, a barrister again, a Conservative Party politician, a government minister, and a judge.

The Right Honourable
The Lord Simon of Glaisdale
PC DL
Simon in 1952, by Elliott & Fry
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
In office
19 April 1971  1977
President of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division
In office
8 February 1962  19 April 1971
Preceded byThe Lord Merriman
Succeeded bySir George Baker
Solicitor General for England and Wales
In office
22 October 1959  8 February 1962
Prime MinisterHarold Macmillan
Preceded bySir Harry Hylton-Foster
Succeeded bySir John Hobson
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office
15 January 1958  22 October 1959
Prime MinisterHarold Macmillan
ChancellorDerick Heathcoat-Amory
Preceded byEnoch Powell
Succeeded byEdward Boyle
Member of Parliament
for Middlesbrough West
In office
25 October 1951  28 February 1962
Preceded byGeoffrey Cooper
Succeeded byJeremy Bray
Personal details
Born(1911-01-15)15 January 1911
Hampstead, London, England
Died7 May 2006(2006-05-07) (aged 95)
Political partyConservative
Spouses
Gwendolen Evans
(m. 1934; died 1937)
    Fay Pearson
    (m. 1948)
    Children3, including Peregrine
    EducationTrinity Hall, Cambridge
    Military service
    Allegiance United Kingdom
    Branch/service British Army
    RankLieutenant colonel
    UnitRoyal Tank Regiment
    36th Division
    Battles/warsSecond World War
    AwardsMentioned in dispatches

    He held three ministerial positions in the government of Harold Macmillan, during his 11-year tenure as a member of the House of Commons. He also served as President of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division (now the Family Division) of High Court for nine years, and was a Law Lord for 6 years before his retirement in 1977.

    Simon's appointment, as of 2015, marks the last appointment of a former member of the House of Commons as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (although Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne, appointed before Simon but retiring after Simon, was the last serving law lord to have previously served in the Commons.) As noted by The Independent in his obituary, "Jack Simon was the last of a breed of judges who first pursued a successful career in politics before promotion to the Bench."

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