Roger Simon, 2nd Baron Simon of Wythenshawe

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Roger Simon, second Baron Simon of Wythenshawe (born 16 October 1913, died 14 October 2002, was a solicitor and left wing journalist and political activist. He was one of the founders of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

The elder son of Ernest, first Lord Simon and Shena, Lady Simon, he inherited the title on his father's death in 1960. Although he never renounced the title, he did not use it, either.

After Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk, where he was a contemporary of Benjamin Britten and Donald MacLean, Simon read economics at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. While there he joined the Communist Party, as his brother Brian had done a year before.

In 1935, he qualified as a solicitor, and from 1942 to 1945 he served in the Royal Signals.

From 1946 to 1958 he worked for Ealing Borough Council as a solicitor. In 1958 he joined the Labour Party's Research Department, becoming secretary from 1965 to 1977. He published many pamphlets and articles on economic issues. His last ten years were devoted to green politics.

He was a member of the William Morris Society.