Lord Schon, the prominent industrialist, who was a refugee from the Nazis, has been honoured with a commemorative plaque in his adopted home town of Whitehaven in Cumbria.

The honour was bestowed by the Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR) to commemorate the life of the peer, who died in 1995.

Frank Schon was born in Vienna in May 1912 and fled to the UK in 1939 from Prague, where he was working for a chemical company. He left London during the Blitz and relocated to Whitehaven, where he and business partner Fred Marzillier merged their names to form Marchon Products, which manufactured synthetic detergent raw materials.

The plaque was unveiled at Lord Schon's family home in Whitehaven. His daughters Yvonne and Susie attended the unveiling.