Harry Salmon (businessman)
Henry Salmon JP (1881–1950), was a British businessman, the chairman from 1941 to 1950 of J. Lyons and Co.
Early life
[edit]Harry Salmon was a younger son of Barnett Salmon (1829–1897) who co-founded Salmon & Gluckstein and J. Lyons and Co.[1]
Career
[edit]Salmon was a director of J. Lyons and Co. by 1935, and chairman from 1941 to 1950, when he was succeeded by Major Montague Isidore Gluckstein OBE.[1][2][3]
Personal life
[edit]Salmon married Lena Gluckstein, the daughter of Isidore Gluckstein and his wife Rose Cohen.[1] Their children included Geoffrey Salmon and Ruth Margaret Salmon Monbiot, the grandmother of George Monbiot.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Harding, Thomas (2019). Legacy: One Family, a Cup of Tea and the Company that Took On the World. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4735-3760-6.
- ^ William Harrison Ukers (1935). All about tea. The Tea and coffee trade journal company. p. 190.
- ^ Society of Chemical Industry (Great Britain) (1950). Journal. Society of Chemical Industry. p. 746.