Jack Simon, Baron Simon of Glaisdale

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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 by	The Lord Merriman
Succeeded by	Sir George Baker
Solicitor General for England and Wales
In office 22 October 1959 – 8 February 1962
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan
Preceded by	Sir Harry Hylton-Foster
Succeeded by	Sir John Hobson
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office 15 January 1958 – 22 October 1959
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan
Chancellor	Derick Heathcoat-Amory
Preceded by	Enoch Powell
Succeeded by	Edward Boyle
Member of Parliament for Middlesbrough West
In office 25 October 1951 – 28 February 1962
Preceded by	Geoffrey Cooper
Succeeded by	Jeremy Bray
Personal details
Born	(1911-01-15)15 January 1911 Hampstead, London, England
Died	7 May 2006(2006-05-07) (aged 95)
Political party	Conservative
Spouses	Gwendolen Evans ​ ​ (m. 1934; died 1937)​ Fay Pearson ​ (m. 1948)​
Children	3, including Peregrine
Education	Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	British Army
Rank	Lieutenant colonel
Unit	Royal Tank Regiment 36th Division
Battles/wars	Second World War Battle of Madagascar
Awards	Mentioned in dispatches

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.

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."^[1]