dissenting judge, saying: "Parliament is the proper place, and I am firmly of opinion the only proper place, (to pass new laws). Where Parliament fears to tread it is not for the courts to rush in". Family Lord Simonds had three sons who all predeceased him. Robert Francis Simonds died in infancy; John Mellor Simonds (1915–1944) was killed in action at Arnhem in 1944, and Gavin Alexander Simonds (1915–1951) died as a result of illness contracted on active service in East Africa in 1951. Consequently, the hereditary barony and viscountcy became extinct on his death in June 1971, aged 89. Arms References 1881 births 1971 deaths Alumni of New College, Oxford Chancery Division judges Contributors to Halsbury's Laws of England English barristers Knights Bachelor Law lords Lord chancellors of Great Britain Members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Ministers in the third Churchill government, 1951–1955 People educated at Summer Fields School People educated at Winchester College People from Reading, Berkshire 20th-century King's Counsel 20th-century English lawyers Life peers created by George VI Hereditary barons created by Elizabeth II Viscounts created by Elizabeth II