Lewis Cohen, Baron Cohen of Brighton
Lewis Coleman Cohen, Baron Cohen of Brighton (28 March 1897 – 21 October 1966) was a British politician. Cohen was elected as a Labour councillor and Mayor to Brighton Borough Council.[1][2] On the council he specialised in housing and worked together with Howard Johnson (a Conservative councillor) to support a local housing association.[3] Cohen and Johnson also knew each other through business.[4] Cohen was created a life peer on 13 May 1965 taking the title Baron Cohen of Brighton, of Brighton in the County of Sussex.[5]
He was the founder of the Alliance Building Society and had many building projects which were ahead of their time in Brighton and wider Sussex.[6]
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- ^ Andrew Roth, "Howard Johnson" (Obituary), The Guardian, 26 September 2000, p. 20.
- ^ "New Factors At Brighton", The Times, 17 February 1950, p. 5.
- ^ Patrick Cosgrave, "Howard Johnson" (Obituary), The Independent, 22 September 2000, p. 6.
- ^ "Howard Johnson" (Obituary), The Times, 15 September 2000, p. 25.
- ^ "No. 43650". The London Gazette. 14 May 1965. p. 4655.
- ^ http://history.buses.co.uk/history/fleethist/440lc.htm
- ^ http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/lp1958%20c.htm
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