Sir John Simeon, 1st Baronet

Sir John Simeon, 1st Baronet (1756 – 4 February 1824) of Walliscot in Oxfordshire was Member of Parliament (MP) for Reading in Berkshire from 1797 to 1802 and from 1806 to 1818. He also practised as barrister and a member of Lincoln's Inn, and held the offices of Recorder of Reading 1779-1807 and Master in Chancery from 1795 until 1808 when he became Senior Master, and was created 1st Baronet Simeon in 1815.^[1]

Simeon was the second eldest son of Richard Simeon (died 1784) and Elizabeth Hutton.^[2] His elder brother, named Richard after their father, died early. The third brother, Edward Simeon, was a director of the Bank of England.^[3] His youngest brother, Charles Simeon, became a prominent evangelical clergyman.^[3][4]