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Harry Salmon (businessman)

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Henry Salmon JP (1881–1950), was a British businessman, the chairman from 1941 to 1950 of J. Lyons and Co.

Early life

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Harry Salmon was a younger son of Barnett Salmon (1829–1897) who co-founded Salmon & Gluckstein and J. Lyons and Co.

Career

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Salmon was a director of J. Lyons and Co. by 1935,[1] and chairman from 1941 to 1950, when he was succeeded by Major Montague Isidore Gluckstein OBE.[2]

Personal life

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Salmon married Lena Gluckstein, the daughter of Isidore Gluckstein and his wife Rose Cohen. Their children included Geoffrey Salmon and Ruth Margaret Salmon Monbiot, the grandmother of George Monbiot.

References

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  1. ^ William Harrison Ukers (1935). All about tea. The Tea and coffee trade journal company. p. 190.
  2. ^ Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain) (1950). Journal. Society of Chemical Industry. p. 746.