Thomas Jones, Baron Maelor
Thomas William Jones, Lord Maelor (10 February 1898 – 18 November 1984) was a British Labour politician.
Born into a mining family in
Jones firstly stood as a Labour Parliamentary candidate in 1935, but was unsuccessful. However, in the 1951
]He was a poet and a member of the
International Eisteddfod at Llangollen. Lord Maelor, a lifelong heavy smoker, died in an overnight fire at his home in Ponciau which was thought to have been started by a smouldering cigarette.[1]
His brother, Idwal, was Member of Parliament (Labour) for Wrexham from 1955 to 1970.
References
- ^ a b John Graham Jones. "Jones, Thomas William ('Tom'), Baron Maelor of Rhos (1898-1984), Labour politician". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "No. 44020". The London Gazette. 14 June 1966. p. 6797.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
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