Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ROBERTS, ARTHUR RHYS (1872 - 1920), solicitor . Having decided to pursue a legal career, he spent a period in articles with a Bangor solicitor, John Glynne Jones. Having passed the Law Society's final examinations in April 1894 (coming third out of all candidates in England and Wales) he qualified, at the age of 22, as a solicitor. His first appointment as a solicitor was in the offices of Lloyd George and George, the firm of the local MP, David
ROBERTS, EMRYS OWEN (1910 - 1990), Liberal politician and public servant Liberal candidate for the Caernarfon Boroughs constituency (Lloyd George's old seat) in the 1945 by-election. He was soon to be elected Liberal MP for Merionethshire in the general election of 1945 as successor to Sir Henry Haydn Jones MP, and he continued to serve until defeated by the Labour candidate, T.W. Jones, in the general election of October 1951. He held a large number of directorships in
ROBERTS, GOMER MORGAN (1904 - 1993), minister (CM), historian, author and hymnwriter companion with a keen sense of humour (sometime witty, sometimes sharp) and a great fund of stories and anecdotes, he was generous with his time and knowledge to young researchers. He took a great interest in people and supported the various institutions of Wales - the Welsh League of Youth, the Eisteddfod and the Welsh Nationalist Party. He was a close friend of Gwynfor Evans, MP, who spoke at his
ROBERTS, GORONWY OWEN (Baron Goronwy-Roberts), (1913 - 1981), Labour politician College of Swansea, 1944-45. He broadcast regularly on literary and political subjects. He was elected the Labour MP for Caernarfonshire in the general election of July 1945 when he defeated the sitting Liberal MP Sir Goronwy Owen who had held the seat since 1923. He was re-elected for the Caernarfon division of Caernarfonshire in the general election of February 1950 when he defeated the Liberal
ROBERTS, JOHN (Jack Russia; 1899 - 1979), miner, councillor and a prominent member of the Welsh Communist Party constituency by the Communist candidate, Robert (Bob) Stewart. Though he received only 2,592 votes compared with 13,699 for the Labour candidate, Morgan Jones, and the Liberal-Conservative candidate W. R. Edmunds with his 8,958 votes, the young miner decided on the night of the election, 24 August, to join the Communist Party. He spoke so forcefully during the 1926 General Strike about Russia's support of
ROBERTS, JOHN BRYN (1843 - 1931), lawyer and politician Born 8 January 1843 (and christened John Roberts), son of Daniel and Anne Roberts, Bryn Adda, Bangor, was a member of the widespread Roberts family of Castell, Llanddeiniolen, Caernarfonshire, for which see J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 381. He was educated at Cheltenham, qualified as solicitor in 1868, but was called to the Bar from Lincoln's Inn in 1889. In 1885 he became Liberal Member of
ROBERTS, JOHN HERBERT (BARON CLWYD of ABERGELE), (1863 - 1955), politician , 1896-99. It was his father who had presented the bill to close public houses in Wales on Sundays, and he attempted to add different legislation for Wales to strengthen the law. He supported measures for disestablishement and was a commissioner for the property of the Church in Wales from 1914. He was secretary of the Welsh Liberal Party and chairman, 1912-18. In 1922 he was a member of the Commission
ROBERTS, MICHAEL HILARY ADAIR (1927 - 1983), Conservative politician elections of 1955 and 1959 against James Callaghan. He was the Conservative MP for Cardiff North, 1970-February 1974, and, following major parliamentary boundary changes, for Cardiff North West from February 1974 until his death. He was appointed joint vice-chairman of the Conservative MPs education committee in 1974 and chosen opposition whip in the same year. In 1979 he was appointed Under-Secretary of
ROBERTS, IEUAN WYN PRITCHARD (1930 - 2013), journalist and politician on programmes such as Camau Cyntaf and Croeso Christine. TWW, however, lost its license to Harlech (HTV) in 1968, and Roberts's distaste for the switch led him to pursue an alternative career in politics. He married Enid Grace Williams in 1956, and they had three sons, Geraint, Rhys (d. 2004) and Huw. In 1970 Roberts was elected MP for the seat of Conwy under the Conservative Party, a choice which
ROBERTSON, HENRY (1816 - 1888), civil engineer and railway pioneer Parliament for Shrewsbury from 1862 to 1865, and again in 1874 and 1880. In 1885 he resigned his seat and was then elected for Merioneth. Later he resigned and seceded from the Liberal party on the introduction of Gladstone's Irish Home Rule Bill. He married, 1846, Elizabeth, daughter of J. W. Dean, a London solicitor. There were four children of the marriage - one son and three daughters. Henry Robertson
ROCH, WALTER FRANCIS (1880 - 1965), politician and landowner , and continued to represent the constituency in parliament until 1918. He had also become a barrister at the Middle Temple in 1913. Although he remained on the back benches, he was a prominent member of the Liberal governments, and in 1917 was chosen a member of the Royal Commission on the Dardanelles Campaign. He was mentioned as a possible future Prime Minister, but he chose to support Asquith
RUSBRIDGE, ROSALIND (1915 - 2004), teacher and peace campaigner meetings were held in her house and she once stood in a Parliamentary election against the long-time sitting Conservative MP. She was a very active member of Horfield Baptist Church, and was said to be 'the conscience of the church', always demanding support for some cause to show that Christian faith must be lived outside the walls of the church. She represented the south-west on the national body of

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