Jan David Simon, 3rd Viscount Simon

The Right Honourable
The Viscount Simon
The Right Honourable The Viscount Simon
	Official portrait, 2019
Member of the House of Lords
	Lord Temporal
	as a hereditary peer; 19 May 1994 – 11 November 1999
Preceded by	The 2nd Viscount Simon
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
	as an elected hereditary peer; 11 November 1999 – 15 August 2021
Preceded by	Seat established
Succeeded by	The 3rd Baron Hacking
Personal details
Born	Jan David Simon; 20 July 1940
Died	15 August 2021 (aged 81)
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Mary Elizabeth Burns (m. 1969; died 2020)
Children	1

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

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

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

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

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

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)

Notes

^ ^a ^b Under the House of Lords Act 1999.

References

^ "Viscount Simon". House of Lords.
^ "SIMON - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, vol. 3, p. 3624.
^ "Deaths of Members". UK Parliament. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.

"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.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Viscount Simon

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Simon	Viscount Simon 1993–2021 Member of the House of Lords (1993–1999)	Extinct
Parliament of the United Kingdom
New office created by the House of Lords Act 1999	Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords under the House of Lords Act 1999 1999–2021	Succeeded by The Lord Hacking

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[hla1999-1] Under the House of Lords Act 1999.

[2] "Viscount Simon". House of Lords.

[3] "SIMON - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 October 2021.

[4] Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, vol. 3, p. 3624.

[5] "Deaths of Members". UK Parliament. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.

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