Dictionary of Welsh Biography

BRUCE, MORYS GEORGE LYNDHURST (4th Baron Aberdare), (1919 - 2005), politician and sportsman organisations that benefited from his support and expertise included the Kidney Research Unit for Wales Foundation and the London Welsh Association. He was awarded a knighthood for his public services in Wales and received an honorary LLD from the University of Wales. His last service to a Welsh cause was the role of chairman of the trust established by Lord Cledwyn to raise a statue of David Lloyd George in
CALLAGHAN, LEONARD JAMES (1912 - 2005), politician successful in dealing with the crisis in Cyprus, with Iceland and the Cod War, on South Africa, and he had an excellent relationship with the USA. When Harold Wilson resigned in April 1976, there was no doubt that Callaghan would succeed him as Leader of the Labour Party and Prime Minister, and he duly defeated Michael Foot in the final vote. Among the Welsh Labour MPs, his confidant was Cledwyn Hughes and
CLEDWYN of PENRHOS, Baron - see HUGHES, CLEDWYN
COLEMAN, DONALD RICHARD (1925 - 1991), Labour politician . He famously succeeded in persuading the Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson to visit Neath in 1968 to hear at first-hand complaints about the closure of two local coal mines. He was a PPS, 1964-70 (including serving as PPS to George Thomas when he was the Secretary of State for Wales, 1968-70, and thus in effect minister of state for Wales; he also served under Eirene White and Cledwyn Hughes), an
DAVIES, GWILYM PRYS (1923 - 2017), lawyer, politician and language campaigner join the Labour Party. Having qualified as a solicitor he joined the company of Morgan, Bruce and Nicholas in Porth and Pontypridd. He got to know the prominent trade unionists of the south Wales coalfield, and was invited to share a stage with Aneurin Bevan in 1959; he also came into contact with Goronwy Roberts, Cledwyn Hughes and most importantly James Griffiths, who regarded him as a son and
EDWARDS, HUW THOMAS (1892 - 1970), trade unionist and politician fluctuating views. In the autumn of 1964 a Labour government was elected under the leadership of Harold Wilson (whom Huw T believed to have good left-wing qualifications). A Welsh Office was established under James Griffiths who became the first holder of the post of secretary of state for Wales. At the same time some Welsh devolutionists, such as Cledwyn Hughes and Goronwy Roberts, were promoted to
EVANS, DAVID THOMAS GRUFFYDD (Baron Evans of Claughton), (1928 - 1992), solicitor and politician Cledwyn supported the bill and commented, characteristically, “I had the pleasure of knowing the noble Lord's grandfather who came from Anglesey.” Evans enjoyed being a member of the House of Lords; both the politics and the debates were more emollient than the abrasive exchanges he encountered in local politics. Evans was well known and liked within the Welsh Liberal Party, which elected him vice
EVANS, MEREDYDD (1919 - 2015), campaigner, musician, philosopher and television producer time at Bangor, with the BBC studios on the doorstep, that Sam Jones, a talented producer, enticed him into appearing on his popular radio program Noson Lawen. As one of Triawd y Coleg (with Robin Williams and Cledwyn Jones), he was soon central to the success of the program, often composing the lyrics and tunes to their catchy songs. The program was extremely popular, and at one point it was
EVANS, WILLIAM EMRYS (1924 - 2004), banker and philanthropist good relations with people from all political parties and from all walks of life. For many years, Evans and his wife were close friends of Lord and Lady Cledwyn; they frequently went on holiday together. Among the wide range of his friends and acquaintances throughout Wales, it was difficult to meet a person with a bad word for Emrys Evans. With considerable affection, he was widely known as 'Emrys y
FOOT, MICHAEL MACKINTOSH (1913 - 2010), politician, journalist, author previous marriage. Foot was an eloquent and powerful orator, and during his time as MP for Plymouth Devonport he became a prominent advocate of the left-wing movement associated with Aneurin Bevan, which was also supported by a number of Welsh MPs, such as George Thomas, Tudor Watkins and Cledwyn Hughes. However, a bitter disagreement arose between Foot and Bevan on the question of nuclear weapons. As
GRIFFITHS, JAMES (JEREMIAH) (1890 - 1975), Labour politician and cabinet minister a seat in the Labour cabinet, serving until March 1966, although now in his mid-seventies. His successor in the office was Cledwyn Hughes. In 1969 Griffiths published a somewhat guarded volume of reminiscences Pages from Memory. During the late 1960s, although increasingly unwell, he was cajoled by Harold Wilson not to retire from parliament and thus cause yet another risky by-election in a south
HUGHES, CLEDWYN (BARON CLEDWYN OF PENRHOS), (1916 - 2001), politician Cledwyn Hughes was born on 14 September 1916 at 13 Plashyfryd Terrace, Holyhead, the elder son of Henry David Hughes and Emma Davies, née Hughes, who was a young widow with a little son, Emlyn, when she re-married in 1915. Through his father, Cledwyn Hughes was descended from several generations of slate quarrymen in Caernarfonshire. Henry Hughes, widely known as Harri Hughes, left school at the

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