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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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

The Simone Prendergast Charitable Trust was established in her honour.^{[citation needed]}