Simone Prendergast

Dame Simone Ruth Prendergast DBE DL JP (née Laski; 2 July 1930 – 11 August 2012)[1] was created a member of the UK's Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions' Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal which reviews cases of malfeasance and/or misconduct against British solicitors.[2]

She was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1986 for her political and public service.[2]

Jewish Lads' and Girls' Brigade

She was the Head and later a Patron of the UK Jewish Lads' and Girls' Brigade.

Personal life & death

Prendergast was born 2 July 1930 in London to Norman and Elaine (née Marks) Laski.[2] Her maternal grandfather, Michael Marks, was a co-founder of Marks & Spencer.[1][2] She married Christopher Anthony Prendergast in 1959;[2] he died in 1998.[1] She had one sister, Mrs Ann Esther Susman.

Dame Simone Prendergast died at the age of 82 on 11 August 2012.[1]

The Simone Prendergast Charitable Trust was established in her honour.

References
  1. "Dame Simone Prendergast". The Telegraph. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  2. Kallenbach, Michael (12 October 2012). "Dame Simone Prendergast". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
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