Background
The elder son of Ernest, first Lord Simon and Shena, Lady Simon, he inherited the title on his father"s death in 1960.
The elder son of Ernest, first Lord Simon and Shena, Lady Simon, he inherited the title on his father"s death in 1960.
He was one of the founders of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Although he never renounced the title, he did not use it, either. After Gresham"s School, Holt, Norfolk, where he was a contemporary of Benjamin Britten and Donald Maclean, Simon read economics at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
While there he was invited to join the Political Economy Club run by John Maynard Keynes.
In 1935, he qualified as a solicitor, and from 1942 to 1945 he served in the Royal Signals. From 1945 to 1946, he taught law at Welbeck Abbey, where soldiers with three years" service could have a month"s free education.
From 1946 to 1958, he worked for Ealing Borough Council as a solicitor. In 1958 he joined the Labour Research Department, becoming secretary from 1965 to 1977.
He published many pamphlets and articles on economic issues.
His last ten years were devoted to green politics.
He was a member of the William Morris Society.