John Simon 1st Viscount Simon Politician

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. He is one of only three people to have served as Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer, the others being R.A. 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, 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.

Personal facts

Birth date	February 28, 1873
Date of death	January 11, 1954
Education	Wadham College Oxford
Spouse	Kathleen Simon Viscountess Simon
Children	John Simon 2nd Viscount Simon

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other party	National Liberal Party (UK 1931)
party	Liberal Party (UK)
prime minister	Neville Chamberlain Ramsay MacDonald Stanley Baldwin Winston Churchill H. H. Asquith
successor	Herbert Samuel 1st Viscount Samuel William Jowitt 1st Earl Jowitt Edward Carson Baron Carson Stanley Buckmaster 1st Viscount Buckmaster Kingsley Wood Samuel Hoare 1st Viscount Templewood

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