Isidore Salmon

Sir Isidore Salmon CBE DL JP (10 February 1876 – 16 September 1941) was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician.

Early life

He was the son of Barnett Salmon and his wife, Helena Gluckstein, the daughter of Samuel Gluckstein. They were the co-founders of Salmon & Gluckstein tobacconists. The company later expanded into the catering business under the name of a third partner, Joseph Lyons.

In 1907, he was elected to the London County Council as a Municipal Reform Party councillor. Initially he represented Islington West, then Hammersmith from 1910. He remained a member of the council until 1925, and was vice-chairman in 1924–25. Later that day he presided over a grand luncheon to celebrate the hotel's opening.

From March 1938 until his death, Salmon held the office of honorary catering adviser to the British Army.

He spent seven years as vice-president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews and was actively involved in a number of Jewish charities in London.

He was instrumental in persuading Viscount Rothermere to withdraw the Daily Mail's support for Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists in 1934, by threatening to remove advertising for Lyons from the paper.

Personal life He married Kate Abrahams in 1899, and they had two sons, Samuel Isidore Salmon and Julian Salmon.