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John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon

(1873-1954), Statesman and Lord Chancellor

Sitter in 35 portraits
Statesman and politician; held high office in Liberal Governments up to 1916, resigned on conscription issue; formed Liberal National Party (1931); Foreign Secretary (1931-5); Home Secretary (1935-7); Chancellor (1937-40).

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John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon, by Sir David Low - NPG 5860

John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon

by Sir David Low
pencil, published in The New Statesman 16 December 1933
NPG 5860

John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon, by Frank Salisbury - NPG 5833

John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon

by Frank Salisbury
charcoal and coloured chalk on grey paper, 1944
NPG 5833

John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon, by Cecil Beaton - NPG x14207

John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon

by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, 1940
NPG x14207

John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon ('Men of the Day. No. 1301.

John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon ('Men of the Day. No. 1301. "Simple Simon."')

by (Richard) Wallace Hester ('W. Hester', 'Hester', 'WH' and 'WH-')
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 18 October 1911
NPG D45632

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John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon

by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, circa 1931
NPG x91490

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John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon; Kathleen (née Harvey), Viscountess Simon

by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 20 December 1936
NPG x81341

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