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Jan David Simon, 3rd Viscount Simon

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The Viscount Simon
Official portrait, 2019
Member of the House of Lords
as a hereditary peer
19 May 1994 – 11 November 1999
Preceded byThe 2nd Viscount Simon
Succeeded bySeat abolished
as an elected hereditary peer
11 November 1999 – 15 August 2021
Election1999
Preceded bySeat established
Succeeded byThe 3rd Baron Hacking
Personal details
Born
Jan David Simon

(1940-07-20)20 July 1940
Died15 August 2021(2021-08-15) (aged 81)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
Spouse
Mary Elizabeth Burns
(m. 1969; died 2020)
Children1

Jan David Simon, 3rd Viscount Simon (20 July 1940 – 15 August 2021), was a British hereditary peer and member of the House of Lords.

Early life and education

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Simon was born in 1940, the only son of John Simon, 2nd Viscount Simon and his wife Christie Hunt. He was educated at Westminster School, at the School of Navigation, University of Southampton and at Sydney Technical College.

Career

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Simon succeeded to the viscountcy upon the death of his father in 1993 and became a member of the House of Lords. He was one of the ninety hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999 and sat for the Labour Party.[1]

Lord Simon was President of the Driving Instructors Association from 2000, and of GEM Motoring Assist from 2004.

Marriage and children

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Simon was married to Mary Elizabeth Burns from 1969 until her death in 2020.[2] They had one daughter:[3]

  • Hon Fiona Elizabeth Simon (born 15 May 1971)

Death

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Lord Simon died on 15 August 2021 at the age of 81.[4] As he had no sons and as there were no other surviving male line heirs of the first viscount, the viscountcy became extinct upon his death.

Arms

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Coat of arms of Jan David Simon, 3rd Viscount Simon
Coronet
A Coronet of a Viscount
Crest
Upon a Well proper an Eagle rising Or
Escutcheon
Gules three Lotus Flowers in pale proper between two Flaunches Or each charged with a Lion rampant of the field
Supporters
Dexter: a Guillemot; Sinister: a Monal proper
Motto
J'Ai Ainsi Mon Nom (Such is my name)

References

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  • "DodOnline". Archived from the original on 3 October 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
  • "London Speaker Bureau". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2007.
  1. ^ "Viscount Simon". House of Lords.
  2. ^ "SIMON - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  3. ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 3624
  4. ^ "Deaths of Members". UK Parliament. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
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Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Viscount Simon
1993–2021
Member of the House of Lords
(1993–1999)
Extinct
Parliament of the United Kingdom
New office
Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords
under the House of Lords Act 1999
1999–2021
Succeeded by