# Isidore Salmon

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**Sir Isidore Salmon** [CBE](/source/CBE) [DL](/source/Deputy_Lieutenant) [JP](/source/Justice_of_the_Peace) (10 February 1876 – 16 September 1941) was a British businessman and [Conservative Party](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)) politician.

## Early life

He was the son of [Barnett Salmon](/source/Barnett_Salmon) and his wife, Helena Gluckstein, the daughter of [Samuel Gluckstein](/source/Samuel_Gluckstein_(1821-1873)).[1] They were the co-founders of [Salmon & Gluckstein](/source/Salmon_%26_Gluckstein) [tobacconists](/source/Tobacconist). The company later expanded into the catering business under the name of a third partner, [Joseph Lyons](/source/Joseph_Lyons_(caterer)).[1]

## Career

Isidore Salmon served his apprenticeship in the kitchens of the Hotel Bristol, London. He subsequently worked for Lyons and was in charge of catering at the [Olympia Exhibition Centre](/source/Olympia,_London) and the [Crystal Palace](/source/The_Crystal_Palace).[1][2]

In 1907, he was elected to the [London County Council](/source/London_County_Council) as a [Municipal Reform Party](/source/Municipal_Reform_Party) councillor. Initially he represented [Islington West](/source/Islington_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)), then [Hammersmith](/source/Hammersmith_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) from 1910.[1][3][4] He remained a member of the council until 1925, and was vice-chairman in 1924–25.[1][2]

As a member of the LCC, he promoted the teaching of catering skills, and was chairman of the Westminster Technical School for training chefs and waiters for thirty-one years. He was also the council's representative on the governing body of the National Training College of Domestic Subjects. He was appointed a [Commander of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire) in 1920.[2]

At the [1924 general election](/source/1924_United_Kingdom_general_election), Salmon was elected to the [House of Commons](/source/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom) as [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) (MP) for the [Harrow division](/source/Harrow_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) of [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex), after the sitting Conservative MP [Oswald Mosley](/source/Oswald_Mosley) had joined the [Labour Party](/source/Labour_Party_(UK)) and decided not to stand again.[1] Salmon held the seat until his death, was a member of the Public Accounts Committee and served on a number of [royal commissions](/source/Royal_commission) and committees. In 1933, he was [knighted](/source/Knight_bachelor) for "political and public services".[2]

Outside politics he was involved in the management of [J. Lyons and Co.](/source/J._Lyons_and_Co.), becoming a director in 1904, managing director in 1910 and chairman in 1929.[1] For the company, Salmon planned the new [Cumberland Hotel](/source/Cumberland_Hotel), and on 11 December 1933 gave [King George V](/source/George_V) and [Queen Mary](/source/Mary_of_Teck) a private tour of it.[5] Later that day he presided over a grand luncheon to celebrate the hotel's opening.[6]

From March 1938 until his death, Salmon held the office of honorary catering adviser to the [British Army](/source/British_Army).[1] He was instrumental in bringing about the formation of a specialised [Army Catering Corps](/source/Army_Catering_Corps) to improve the standard of food in the army.[1][7]

He spent seven years as vice-president of the [Board of Deputies of British Jews](/source/Board_of_Deputies_of_British_Jews) and was actively involved in a number of Jewish charities in London.[1]

He was instrumental in persuading [Viscount Rothermere](/source/Viscount_Rothermere) to withdraw the *[Daily Mail](/source/Daily_Mail)'*s support for Oswald Mosley and the [British Union of Fascists](/source/British_Union_of_Fascists) in 1934, by threatening to remove advertising for Lyons from the paper.[1]

## Personal life

He married Kate Abrahams in 1899, and they had two sons, [Samuel Isidore Salmon](/source/Samuel_Isidore_Salmon) and Julian Salmon.[2]

## References

1. 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.

1. Obituary: Sir Isidore Salmon M.P., *The Times*, 17 September 1941, p. 7

1. "London County Council Election", *The Times*, 4 March 1907, p. 6

1. "London County Council Election", *The Times*, 7 March 1910, p. 7

1. "KING AND QUEEN SEE NEW HOTEL", *[Western Daily Press](/source/Western_Daily_Press)*, Monday 11 December 1933, p. 8

1. "IT ALWAYS PAYS TO ADVERTISE: London's Luxury Hotel — Tribute to the Press", *[Daily Mirror](/source/Daily_Mirror)*, Tuesday 12 December 1933, p. 9

1. ["The Early Years 1941-1953"](http://www.armycateringcorps.co.uk/new/acc-history/). *A Brief History of the ACC*. Army Catering Corps Association. Retrieved 12 December 2008.

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