Lord Ernest Simon
Lord Ernest Simon
(1879-1960)
industrialist, public servant, politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (1921-1922), Member of Parliament (1923-1924), Member of Parliament (1929-1931), Knight Bachelor (1932-1947), 1st Baron Simon of Wythenshawe (from 1947), and Chairman of the BBC Board of Governors (1947-1952)
Commemorated on 1 plaque
Ernest Darwin Simon (1879-1960) and Shena Dorothy Simon (1883-1972) purchased Wythenshawe Hall and Park as a gift to the City of Manchester in 1926
Wythenshawe Hall, Wythenshawe Park, Wythenshawe Rd, Manchester, United Kingdom where they purchased