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EDWARDS, JOHN (1882 - 1960), politician and barrister College of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he took a B.A. (London) degree. For some years, he was a schoolmaster in Aberdare. John Edwards served in France with the Royal Welch Fusiliers in World War I and was awarded the D.S.O.; promoted to lieutenant colonel; and twice mentioned in despatches. He played rugby for the London Welsh and Middlesex. He was elected the Liberal M.P. for Aberavon in December 1918
EDWARDS, JOHN HUGH (1869 - 1945), politician and writer Born 9 April 1869 at Aberystwyth, the eldest son of John Edwards, woollen merchant, and his wife. He was educated at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. A member of the Cardiganshire County Council for a period, he was elected (1910) as Liberal M.P. for Mid-Glamorgan, a seat which he held until 1922; from 1923 to 1929 he represented Accrington, Lancashire, again as a Liberal. From 1911
EDWARDS, WILLIAM (1848 - 1929), Baptist college principal was chairman of the Welsh Baptist Union in 1906, and of the Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland in 1911. In politics, he was a strong Liberal and liberationist, and a notable platform orator. The honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him by the University of Wales in 1925. He died 28 February 1929.
EDWARDS, WILLIAM THOMAS (1821 - 1915), physician and prime mover in the establishment of the Cardiff Medical School century, an increasingly prosperous and self-confident town. A devoted Congregationalist who regularly attended Charles Street Congregationalist Chapel right up to the time of his death, he was a leading supporter of the Liberation Society, pledged to bring about the disestablishment of the Church of England. He was also a prominent member of the local Liberal Association, acting for some years as its
ELIAS, JOHN (1774 - 1841), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and famous preacher liberal. He played a prominent part in the drawing up of the Confession of Faith (1823) and the constitutional deed (1826) which incorporated all property (such as chapels) as the property of the connexion as a whole; and it was on his advocacy that this property-right was tied up with belief in the strict letter of the Confession. As a politician he was conservative in his views and he opposed every
ELLIS, THOMAS EDWARD (1859 - 1899), M.P. for Merioneth (1886-99) and chief Liberal whip (1894-5) the family of John Cory, S. Mellons, he became private secretary to (Sir) John Tomlinson Brunner, industrialist and Liberal M.P. for Northwich, and also engaged in intermittent journalism. In July 1886 he was adopted Liberal candidate for Merioneth and elected to Parliament. His unsparing advocacy of Welsh interests marked him out as a leader in Welsh life, and he had a considerable share in
ELLIS-GRIFFITH, Sir ELLIS (JONES) (1860 - 1926), barrister and M.P. Birkenhead in 1907 and retained the appointment until 1912. He took silk in 1910. Both as a lawyer and as a public speaker he was noted for his sparkling wit and for his ability to coin a telling phrase. In 1892, as a Liberal, he contested unsuccessfully the Toxteth division of Liverpool; but, in the general election of 1895, he was elected Liberal member for Anglesey - a seat he held until 1918 when he
EVANS, ALCWYN CARYNI (1828 - 1902), antiquary ”. (Transactions of the Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society, vol. 2, p.153). Both Alcwyn Evans and his father were ardent Unitarians and in his later years, Alcwyn Evans became a strong Liberal Unionist. He was a member of the Cambrian Archaeological Association and of the Carmarthen Literary and Scientific Institution. For years he prepared the rate books for the town of Carmarthen. He married twice. His first
EVANS, ALFRED THOMAS (Fred, Menai; 1914 - 1987), Labour politician to Ness Edwards, the sitting Labour MP for Caerphilly and he was also organising agent to the Caerphilly CLP, 1962-66. Upon Edwards's death in 1968, Evans was elected to parliament as the Labour MP for the division in a by-election in which the Labour majority of more than 21,000 votes was dramatically slashed to less than 2,000 by a powerful challenge from Dr Phil Williams (Plaid Cymru). He was re
EVANS, DAVID JOHN (1884 - 1965), minister (Presb.) and author Seion until his death. In 1943 he married Mary Muriel Williams, Aberystwyth; he died 1 May 1965. He came into prominence in 1926 when he published a handbook on the principal characters of the Old Testament - Prif gymeriadau'r Hen Destament - which had been rejected by his Association because of his liberal outlook. In 1935 he published Hanes Capel Seion, a very useful book of local history.
EVANS, Sir DAVID OWEN (1876 - 1945), barrister, industrialist and politician as a barrister and published a book entitled Law of Old Age Pensions: Finance Act 1909-10. At the suggestion of Lord Melchett (then Sir Alfred Mond) he joined the Mond Nickel Company, Ltd. in 1916, later becoming Director of this company and a Vice-President of the International Nickel Co. of Canada, Ltd. In 1932, he was elected M.P. (Liberal) for Cardiganshire and he represented that constituency
EVANS, DAVID THOMAS GRUFFYDD (Baron Evans of Claughton), (1928 - 1992), solicitor and politician where he graduated LL.B in 1948, and, following National Service as a pilot officer in the RAF, he established a solicitor's practice in Liverpool. In time, he became the solicitor of the Liverpool Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Wales. Both sides of his family supported the Liberal Party and Evans maintained the tradition. To the surprise of the local Tories, he won a seat on Birkenhead

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