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Lewis Cohen, Baron Cohen of Brighton
British politician
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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