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About John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon
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 people to have served as Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer, the others being Rab Butler and James Callaghan.
Everything about John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon →- Occupation
- politician, lawyer, judge, jurist
- Position held
- member of the House of Lords, Lord Chancellor, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- February 28, 1873
- Died
- January 11, 1954