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Christopher Gordon Horsfall Simon JP (14 November 1914 – 20 February 2002), known as C. G. H. Simon, was a British General Commissioner of
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.CHRISTOPHER GORDON HORSFALL SIMON, obituary in ''
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'' dated 26 February 2002


Early life

Simon was educated at
Packwood Haugh School Packwood Haugh School is a co-educational private preparatory school for pupils from the ages of 4 to 13, offering places for both day and boarding pupils.Iles, D. ''et al.'', ''Packwood Haugh School: Independent Schools Inspectorate Report'' ...
from 1924 to 1928,
Gresham's School Gresham's School is a private school (English fee-charging boarding and day school) in Holt, Norfolk, England, one of the top thirty International Baccalaureate schools in England. The school was founded in 1555 by Sir John Gresham as a f ...
, Holt, from 1928 to 1933,''Old Greshamian Club handbook'', Cheverton & Son Ltd, Cromer, 1999 and
King's College, Cambridge King's College, formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, is a List of colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college lies beside the River Cam and faces ...
, where he read
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under
John Maynard Keynes John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes ( ; 5 June 1883 – 21 April 1946), was an English economist and philosopher whose ideas fundamentally changed the theory and practice of macroeconomics and the economic policies of governments. Originall ...
.Old Packwoodian News
online at packwood-haugh.co.uk (accessed 18 June 2008)


Career

After a posting with the
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, Simon served during the
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in the Intelligence Corps, in which he enlisted as a private soldier. He ended his service as a
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with the
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in post-war
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. In 1948, he returned to civilian life, joining the family business, the Simon Engineering Group, before being appointed to the
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service, in which he became General Commissioner. Simon also became a
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of the
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bench, served on the Regional Hospital Board for
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, the Council of
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, and the governing body of Cheadle Hulme School.


Private life

With his wife Marjorie, Simon had two sons Andrew and Henry. In 1999, his home address was Cloud End,
Alderley Edge Alderley Edge is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cheshire, England, north-west of Macclesfield and south of Manchester. It lies at the base of a wooded sandstone escarpment, ''The Edge'', overlooking the Cheshire Plai ...
,
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. He was a nephew of
Ernest Simon, 1st Baron Simon of Wythenshawe Ernest Emil Darwin Simon, 1st Baron Simon of Wythenshawe (9 October 1879 – 3 October 1960) was a British industrialist, politician and public servant. Lord Mayor of Manchester in 1921–1922, he was a member of parliament for two terms betwee ...
.


Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Simon, Christopher 1914 births 2002 deaths Alumni of King's College, Cambridge People educated at Gresham's School