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*[http://www.retail-week.com/02-lord-wolfson/5036378.article Power List 2012: 02. Lord Wolfson],  ''Retail Week'', 21 June 2012.==Family tree==
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*Solomon Wolfson [[Justice of the Peace|J.P.]] (1868–1941), immigrated from [[Russian Partition|Polish-Russia]] to [[Scotland]], he is the namesake of [[Heichal Shlomo]]; m. Nechi Williamowsky/Wilamowski{{sfn|''Burke's Peerage''|2003|p=4230}}
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** Samuel Wolfson (1896–1973), emigrated to [[Israel]]
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*** {{Tree list/final branch}} Rabbi Aviezer Wolfson
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** [[Isaac Wolfson|Sir Isaac Wolfson, 1st Baronet]] (1897–1991), m. Edith Specterman
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*** [[Leonard Wolfson, Baron Wolfson]] (1927–2010), succeeded his father as chairman of [[Great Universal Stores|GUS]] and the [[Wolfson Foundation]]; m. Ruth Sterling and had four children and then  married to Estelle Jackson
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**** [[Janet de Botton|Dame Janet Wolfson De Botton]] (1952–), art collector and philanthropist; m. [[Michael Green (television magnate)|Michael Green]] and then [[Gilbert de Botton]]{{sfn|''Burke's Peerage''|2003|p=4230}}
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***** Rebecca Green (1974–)
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***** {{Tree list/final branch}} Catherine Green (1976–)
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**** Hon. Laura Wolfson (1954–), chairman of the Wolfson Family Charitable Trust; m. [[Barry Townsley]]{{sfn|''Burke's Peerage''|2003|p=4230}}
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***** Alexandra Townsley (1977–)
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***** Georgina Townsley (1979–)
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***** Charles Townsley (1984–)
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***** {{Tree list/final branch}} Isabella Townsley (1994–)
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**** Hon. [[Deborah Davis (screenwriter)|Deborah Wolfson Davis]] (1959–), screenwriter of ''[[The Favourite]]''; m. Glen Davis<ref name="Davis">{{cite web |url=https://www.awardsdaily.com/2018/11/05/deborah-davis-talks-to-awards-daily-about-the-favourites-twenty-year-journey-to-the-big-screen |title=Deborah Davis Talks To Awards Daily About The Favourite's Twenty Year Journey To The Big Screen |vauthors=Tangcay J |date=November 5, 2018|website= |publisher=AwardsDaily |access-date= }}</ref>
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**** Hon. Elizabeth Wolfson (1966–), m. Daniel Peltz [[OBE]]{{sfn|''Burke's Peerage''|2003|p=4230}}
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***** Max Peltz
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***** {{Tree list/final branch}} Francesca Peltz (1992–)
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** Charles Wolfson (1899–1970), president and later chairman of [[GUS (retailer)|G.U.S. Canada]]; m. Hylda Jarvis
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*** Jane Wolfson, international board chairman of [[Bar-Ilan University]]; m. Jerome Stern and then Dr. Don Lebell<ref name="Jerome" />
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*** [[David Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Sunningdale]] (1935–2021), chief of staff to [[Margaret Thatcher]] and the third Wolfson family chairman of [[GUS (retailer)|GUS]]; m. [[Baroness Rawlings]] (they divorced with no children) and then Susan Davis
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**** [[Simon Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Aspley Guise]] (1967–), chief executive of [[Next plc|Next]] and founder of the [[Wolfson Economics Prize]]; m. Eleanor Shawcross, economic advisor to [[George Osborne]] and daughter of biographer [[William Shawcross]]<ref name="Next" />
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**** Hon. Andrew Wolfson (1969–)
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***** Lily Wolfson (2007–)
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**** {{Tree list/final branch}} Hon. Deborah Wolfson (1973–){{sfn|''Burke's Peerage''|2003|p=4230}}
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** {{Tree list/final branch}} Jeannie Wolfson (1901–1974), m. Max Williams
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** Edith Wolfson (1902–1997), m. Esmond Barnett of London and then Ralph Hyman of New York<ref name="Edith"/>
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*** Adele Barnett (1931–), m. Howard Suslak, president of [[McDonald & Co.]]
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*** [[Victor Barnett]] (1933–), chairman of [[Burberry]], executive director of [[GUS (retailer)|GUS]] and [[Experian]]; m. [[Helaine M. Barnett]]<ref name="Marriage">{{cite web |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1959/06/29/archives/victor-j-barnett-marries-helaine-phyllis-meresman.html|title=Victor J. Barnett Marries Helaine Phyllis Meresman|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=June 29, 1959 |work=The New York Times |access-date= }}</ref>
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**** Craig Barnett (1962–), Wall Street investment banker; m. Jennifer Peck, daughter of&nbsp;investor and philanthropist [[Stephen M. Peck]]
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***** {{Tree list/final branch}} Gabriel Barnett<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/05/classified/paid-notice-deaths-meresman-harry.html |title= Deaths MERESMAN, HARRY|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=March 5, 1999 |work=The New York Times|access-date= }}</ref>
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**** Roger Barnett (1964–), CEO of [[Shaklee]]; m. Sloan Lindemann, daughter of businessman [[George Lindemann|George Lindemann Sr.]]
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***** {{Tree list/final branch}} Spencer Barnett (2000–)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/22/fashion/22SOCIALITES.html |title=Eco-Socialites Make Cleaning Green a Priority |vauthors=La Feria R |date=April 22, 2007|work=The New York Times |access-date= }}</ref>
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** Rose Wolfson (1904–2003), m. Samuel Martyn of London{{sfn|''Burke's Peerage''|2003|p=4230}}
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*** Herman Martyn [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]]<ref name="Martyn">{{cite web |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/obituaries/obituary-herman-martyn-mbe-1.474147 |title=Obituary: Herman Martyn, MBE |vauthors=Tessler G |date=December 22, 2018|website=The Jewish Chronicle |access-date= }}</ref>
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**** Richard Martyn
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**** {{Tree list/final branch}} Mark Martyn
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**** {{Tree list/final branch}} Lee Martyn
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*** {{Tree list/final branch}} Marlene Martyn<ref name="Martyn" />
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** {{Tree list/final branch}} Eva Wolfson, m. Samuel Gerber{{sfn|''Burke's Peerage''|2003|p=4230}}
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** {{Tree list/final branch}} Esther Wolfson, m. Joe Levy{{sfn|''Burke's Peerage''|2003|p=4230}}
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** Bette Wolfson (1911–1993), m. Harold Schapiro of New York{{sfn|''Burke's Peerage''|2003|p=4230}}
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*** Stuart Schapiro
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*** {{Tree list/final branch}} Gerald Schapiro
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** Dolly Wolfson (1913–1999), m. Joe Jacobson and then Robert Raisler of New York{{sfn|''Burke's Peerage''|2003|p=4230}}
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*** {{Tree list/final branch}} Steven Jacobson (1944–), m. Lynn Kaplan{{sfn|''Burke's Peerage''|2003|p=4230}}
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** Hannah "Bebe" Wolfson, Lady Foley (1917–2015), m. Jack Steinberg of London and then [[Adrian Foley, 8th Baron Foley]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/145339/foley|title=FOLEY - Death Announcements|work=Daily Telegraph|access-date=2012-02-14}}</ref>
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*** Raymonde Steinberg, m. Ian Jay{{sfn|''Burke's Peerage''|2003|p=4230}}
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*** {{Tree list/final branch}} Kathrine Steinberg, m. Baron Jean-Louis de Gunzburg, a great-great-grandson of the first [[Joseph Günzburg|Baron Günzburg]]{{sfn|''Burke's Peerage''|2003|p=4230}}
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Simon Adam Wolfson (Lord Wolfson of Apsley Guise, born 27 October 1967) is a British businessman who has donated substantial sums to the Conservative Party. He is currently chief executive of the clothing retailer Next and is the son of former Next chairman David Wolfson.


Wolfson was appointed a Conservative peer in May 2010.[1]

He has been a trustee of the right-wing think tank Policy Exchange since 2 December 2008. He is a trustee of The Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust,[2] (set up by his father David and his grandfather Charles Wolfson) which funds Policy Exchange and Civitas.

He married Tory special adviser Ellie Shawcross (Eleanor Wolfson) in June 2012.[3]

Wolfson is also an advisory board member of the eurosceptic think-tank Open Europe. [4]

Donations to the Conservative Party

The table below shows Simon Wolfson's donations to the Conservative Party registered with the Electoral Commission as at 19 January 2015. The donations listed amounts totalling £417,350 plus an additional £10,000 to David Cameron during his Conservative Party leadership campaign.

He also donated £50,000 on 24 May 2016 to Vote Leave, the campaign group which successfully persuaded the British people to withdraw from the European Union at the polls on 23 June 2016. [5]

Received by Date accepted Donations
David Cameron, leadership campaign 18 August 2005 £10,000
Conservative Party, Conservative Central Office 19 January 2006 £50,000
Conservative Party, Conservative Central Office 14 August 2006 £4,000
Conservative Party, Conservative Central Office 22 January 2007 £60,000
Conservative Party, Conservative Central Office 13 December 2007 £54,250
Conservative Party, Conservative Central Office 5 December 2008 £60,000
Conservative Party, Conservative Central Office 14 May 2009 £6,000
Conservative Party, Conservative Central Office 11 November 2009 £4,000
Conservative Party, Conservative Central Office 11 March 2010 £55,000
Conservative Party, Conservative Central Office 16 September 2010 £10,000
Conservative Party, Conservative Central Office 21 March 2011 £42,000
Conservative Party, Conservative Central Office 09 June 2011 £1,600
Conservative Party, Conservative Central Office 24 August 2011 £6,000
Conservative Party, Conservative Central Office 09 March 2012 £22,000
Conservative Party, Conservative Central Office 28 May 2012 £8,500
Conservative Party, Conservative Central Office 15 July 2013 £8,500
Conservative Party, Conservative Central Office 10 October 2013 £10,000
Conservative Party, Conservative Central Office 11 November 2009 £4,000
Conservative Party, Conservative Westminster North 02 April 2014 £2,000
Conservative Party, Conservative Central Office 11 September 2014 £1,000
Conservative Party, Conservative Central Office 11 September 2014 £8,500

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Notes

  1. ↑ Peerages, honours and appointments, number10.gov.uk, 28 May 2010.
  2. ↑ Screengrab of Charity Commission, The Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust > Contact & trustees, created 8 July 2010
  3. ↑ Next’s Lord Wolfson ties the knot, Retail Week, 28 June 2012.
  4. ↑ Open Europe Board, June 2016, OpenEurope, accessed 15 June 2016
  5. ↑ Electoral Commission Vote Leave Donor Search, accessed 24 June 2016
  6. ↑ Simon Wolfson donations Charity Commission, accessed 19 January 2015
  7. ↑ Deborah Davis Talks To Awards Daily About The Favourite's Twenty Year Journey To The Big Screen.  AwardsDaily.
  8. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Jerome
  9. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Next
  10. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Edith
  11. ↑ Victor J. Barnett Marries Helaine Phyllis Meresman.  The New York Times.
  12. ↑ Deaths MERESMAN, HARRY.  The New York Times.
  13. ↑ Eco-Socialites Make Cleaning Green a Priority.  The New York Times.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Obituary: Herman Martyn, MBE.
  15. ↑ FOLEY - Death Announcements.  Daily Telegraph.
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