Sir John Simon

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British politician Liberal Party politician barrister cabinet minister of the United Kingdom human

Sir John Simon was a prominent British Liberal politician and lawyer who led the controversial Simon Commission on constitutional reform in colonial India.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British politician → Liberal Party politician → barrister → cabinet minister of the United Kingdom → human →
alsoKnownAs	Chairman of the Simon Commission →
awardReceived	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath →
chairpersonOf	Indian Statutory Commission →
child	Joan Simon NERFINISHED →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
dateOfBirth	1873-02-28 →
dateOfDeath	1954-01-11 →
educatedAt	Fettes College → University of Oxford NERFINISHED → Wadham College, Oxford NERFINISHED →
fieldOfWork	British politics → constitutional law →
honorificPrefix	Sir →
memberOf	Privy Council of the United Kingdom →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Liberal National Party → Liberal Party (UK) → National Liberal Party (UK, 1931) →
name	John Allsebrook Simon →
nobleTitle	Viscount Simon →
notableFor	leading the Simon Commission on constitutional reform in colonial India → service in multiple senior offices of the British government in the early 20th century →
notableWork	Simon Commission →
occupation	barrister → judge → lawyer → politician →
parliamentaryTerm	Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom →
participantIn	constitutional reform debates in British India →
placeOfBirth	Lancashire → Manchester →
placeOfDeath	London →
positionHeld	Attorney General for England and Wales → Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom → Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom → Home Secretary of the United Kingdom → Lord Chancellor of Great Britain → Member of Parliament →
religion	Unitarianism →
representedInParliament	Spen Valley → Walthamstow NERFINISHED →
spouse	Ethel Mary Venables →
title	1st Viscount Simon →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Simon Commission →	chairperson
Simon Commission →	headedBy
Simon Commission →	member
Simon Commission →	namedAfter