Jack Simon, Baron Simon of Glaisdale, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jack Simon, Baron Simon of Glaisdale

English Conservative Party politician, government minister and judge

Date of Birth: 16-Jan-1911

Place of Birth: London Borough of Camden, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 07-May-2006

Profession: judge, politician, barrister

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Jocelyn Edward Salis Simon, Baron Simon of Glaisdale, (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. 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."