The Right Honourable
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.

Biography

The son of the 2nd Viscount Simon, he was educated at Westminster School and at the School of Navigation, Southampton University. He was further educated at Sydney Technical College. In 1993, he succeeded to his father's viscountcy. Lord Simon was President of the Driving Instructors Association from 2000, and of GEM Motoring Assist from 2004.

He was one of the ninety hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999 and sat for Labour.[1] He died on 15 August 2021, at the age of 81.[2]

He was married to Mary Elizabeth Burns from 1969 until her death in 2020.[3] They had one daughter. The viscountcy became extinct on his death.

Arms

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

  • "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. ↑ "Deaths of Members". UK Parliament. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "SIMON - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
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