Simon, John Allsebrook Simon, Viscount, 1873-1954

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John Simon was a British politician and Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the Chamberlain government who supported appeasement policy toward Hitler.

From the description of TLS, 1935 March 7, Foreign Office [London, Eng.] to Lord Dickinson / John Simon. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 226399540

1906-1918 Member of Parliament for Walthamstow Division, Essex; 1910-1913 Solicitor-General; 1913-1915 Attorney-General; 1915-1916 Secretary of State for Home Affairs; 1927-1930 Chairman of the Indian Statutory Commission; 1931-1935 Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; 1935-1937 Secretary of State for Home Affairs and Deputy Leader of the House of Commons; 1937-1940 Chancellor of the Exchequer; 1940-1945 Lord Chancellor.

Epithet: politician and lawyer

Title: 1st Viscount Simon

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creatorOf	ALVERSTONE PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 133). Letters to Richard Webster, Viscount Alverstone, together with miscellaneous letters; 1795-1926, n.d. 1. ff. 1-113. Letters to Viscount Alverstone; 1907-1915, n.d. 2. ff. 114-130. Miscellaneous letters; 1795-192..., 1795-1926	British Library
referencedIn	Autograph File, S, 1556-1996.	Houghton Library
creatorOf	AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND VERSE; circa 1809-1929, n.d. Presented, with Add. Ch. 75730, by T. S. Blakeney, Esq., through the Friends of the National Libraries. Paper; ff. 150. Folio. 1809-1929. 1. ff. 1-24. Letters of ecclesiastics to Edward White Benson,..., 1804-1929	British Library
creatorOf	CECIL OF CHELWOOD PAPERS. Vol. XII (ff. 295). Correspondence with: 1. ff. 1-62. Rufus Daniel Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading; 1925-1931. 2. ff. 63-295. John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon; 1931-1945. See also the letter at Add. 51188, f. 279.in..., 1925-1945	British Library
referencedIn	Elinor Tollinton papers., 1897-1970	British Library
referencedIn	Halifax Collection: correspondence and papers of Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Baron Irwin, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881-1959) as Viceroy of India 1926-31., 1926-1931	British Library
creatorOf	HARROD PAPERS. Vol. X (ff. 198). 1926-1931.includes:ff. 1, 13v, 55 Fredric John Warburg, publisher: Letters to Sir Roy Forbes Harrod from Fredric John Warburg: 1918-1959: Partly signed.f. 2 John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon: Letters to Si..., 1926-1931	British Library
creatorOf	HARROD PAPERS. Vol. XII (ff. 230). 1937-1948.includes:f. 3 Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess, Soviet spy: Correspondence of Sir Roy Forbes Harrod with and concerning Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess: 1937-1972: Partly telegram, copy and printed.f. 15 Robe..., 1937-1948	British Library
creatorOf	John Allsebrook Simon papers., 1928-1929	British Library
creatorOf	John Allsebrook Simon papers., 1929	British Library

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associatedWith	Dickinson, Lord.
associatedWith	John Allsebrook Simon, 1873-1954; 1st Viscount Simon; statesman and Lord Chancellor
associatedWith	Kelen, Emery, 1896-1978.
associatedWith	Lausanne Conference (1932)
associatedWith	Lohrer, Pastor.
associatedWith	Page, Walter Hines, 1855-1918
associatedWith	Rothenstein, William, Sir, 1872-1945.