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 (aConservative 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, ofBrighton 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]
Coat of arms of Lewis Cohen, Baron Cohen of Brighton
Crest
Issuant from a Pavilion Or lined and embellished Sable with a Forked Pennant flying therefrom to the dexter Gules a Lion passant supporting with the dexter forepaw a Branch of Coral Gules
Escutcheon
Per chevron flory at the top Gules and Or in chief two Bees volant and in base a Lion rampant counterchanged
Supporters
On either side a Dolphin Sable finned Or the dexter charged on the shoulder with a Tower the sinister likewise charged with a Martlet Or [7]
