Dame Simone Ruth Prendergast (née Laski; 2 July 1930 – 11 August 2012) was created a member of the UK's Office of the

Director of Public Prosecutions The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is the office or official charged with the prosecution of criminal offences in several criminal jurisdictions around the world. The title is used mainly in jurisdictions that are or have been members of ...

' Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal which reviews cases of malfeasance and/or misconduct against British solicitors. She was created a

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established ...

(DBE) in 1986 for her political and public service.

Jewish Lads' and Girls' Brigade

She was the Head and later a Patron of the UK

Jewish Lads' and Girls' Brigade The JLGB (Jewish Lads' and Girls' Brigade) is a national Jewish Youth organisations in the United Kingdom, youth organisation based in and primarily serving the United Kingdom. The UK's oldest Jewish youth movement, it was founded in 1895 as the J ...

Personal life & death

Prendergast was born 2 July 1930 in London to Norman and Elaine (née Marks) Laski. Her maternal grandfather,

Michael Marks Michael Marks ( yi, מיכאל מארקס Polish: ''Michał Marks''; 1859? – 31 December 1907) was a businessman and entrepreneur, who with Thomas Spencer co-founded the British retail chain Marks & Spencer. Biography Marks was born into a ...

, was a co-founder of

Marks & Spencer Marks and Spencer Group plc (commonly abbreviated to M&S and colloquially known as Marks's or Marks & Sparks) is a major British multinational retailer with headquarters in Paddington, London that specialises in selling clothing, beauty, home ...

. She married Christopher Anthony Prendergast in 1959; he died in 1998. She had one sister, Mrs Ann Esther Susman. Dame Simone Prendergast died at the age of 82 on 11 August 2012. The Simone Prendergast Charitable Trust was established in her honour.

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English Jews English people of Belarusian-Jewish descent English legal professionals English philanthropists English justices of the peace Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire Deputy Lieutenants of Greater London 1930 births 2012 deaths 20th-century British philanthropists {{UK-law-bio-stub