Geoffrey Salmon
{{Short description|British businessman and catering advisor to the British Amy}}
Geoffrey Isidore Hamilton Salmon {{Post-nominals|country=UK|CBE}} (14 January 1908 – 29 April 1990), was the chairman of J. Lyons and Co. from 1968 to 1972, and catering advisor to the British Army.
Early life
Salmon was born on 14 January 1908, and educated at Malvern College and Jesus College, Cambridge.{{cite book|author1=W. Rubinstein|author2=Michael A. Jolles|title=The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_T_HCg17ufIC&pg=PA846|date=27 January 2011|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-0-230-30466-6|page=846}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kzwp.com/lyons.pensioners/obituary2S.htm |title=J. Lyons & Co |website=Kzwp.com |date= |accessdate=2016-12-12}} He was the son of Harry Salmon and his wife Lena Gluckstein, the daughter of Isidore Gluckstein.
Career
Salmon was the chairman of J. Lyons and Co. from 1968 to 1972,{{cite book | last=Harding | first=Thomas | title=Legacy: One Family, a Cup of Tea and the Company that Took On the World | publisher=Random House | date=2019 | isbn=978-1-4735-3760-6}} and catering advisor to the British Army.{{cite web|url=http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp71752/geoffrey-isidore-hamilton-salmon |title=Geoffrey Isidore Hamilton Salmon - Person - National Portrait Gallery |website=Npg.org.uk |date=1970-01-27 |accessdate=2016-12-12}}
Personal life
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