Jan David Simon, 3rd Viscount Simon

Jan David Simon, 3rd Viscount Simon (born 20 July 1940) is a British peer.

The Right Honourable

The Viscount Simon
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
9 June 1994
Hereditary Peerage
Preceded byThe 2nd Viscount Simon
Personal details
Born (1940-07-20) 20 July 1940
Political partyLabour

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 is President of the Driving Instructors Association since 2000, and of GEM Motoring Assist since 2004.

He is one of the ninety hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999 and sits for Labour.[1]

He was married to Mary Elizabeth Burns from 1969 until her death in 2020.[2] They have one daughter.

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. Simon
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Gilbert Simon		 Viscount Simon
1993–present		 Incumbent
Parliament of the United Kingdom
New office
 Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords
under of the House of Lords Act 1999
1999–present		 Incumbent


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