Wyn Roberts, Baron Roberts of Conwy

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Member of Parliament
for Conwy
In office
18 June 1970 – 8 April 1997
Preceded byEdnyfed Hudson Davies
Succeeded byBetty Williams
Personal details
Born(1930-07-10)10 July 1930
Llansadwrn, Anglesey, Wales
Died13 December 2013(2013-12-13) (aged 83)
Rowen, Conwy, Wales
Political partyConservative

Ieuan Wyn Pritchard Roberts, Baron Roberts of Conwy, PC (10 July 1930 – 13 December 2013) was a Welsh Conservative politician.

His father was a Minister in a chapel in Llansadwrn, Anglesey, and they lived in the schoolhouse.

He was

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Welsh Office. Following the 1987 election, he was promoted to Minister of State at the Welsh Office, a post he held until 1994. He was knighted for political service in 1990.[2][3]

Following his retirement from the House of Commons, he was elevated as a life peer on 1 October 1997 with the title of Baron Roberts of Conwy, of Talyfan in the County of Gwynedd.[4] He served as an opposition spokesman on Wales in the House of Lords until 2007.[1] He died on 13 December 2013, at his home in Rowen, Conwy, Wales.[5][6][7]

Coat of arms of Wyn Roberts, Baron Roberts of Conwy
Crest
A demi-lion with dragon’s wings Gules armed Argent and grasping with both paws a trumpet the bell downwards Or.
Escutcheon
Paly of six Argent and vert a cross patonce Gules on a chief engrailed of three arches also Gules three ancient lamps Argent.
Supporters
On either side a dragon Gules armed Argent dimidating a lion Gules armed Argent each supporting with the exterior core foot a plain carnyx Argent garnished and the bell downwards Or.
Motto
Pleidiol I M Gwald[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Williamson, David (28 June 2007). "Long-serving Tory peer announces retirement". Western Mail. p. 7.
  2. ^ "No. 52173". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 1990. p. 2.
  3. ^ "No. 52543". The London Gazette. 28 May 1991. p. 8207.
  4. ^ "No. 54911". The London Gazette. 6 October 1997. p. 11235.
  5. ^ Chiara Rinaldi (14 December 2013). "Lord Roberts of Conwy has died at the age of 83". Wales Online. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  6. ^ "Lord Roberts of Conwy dies, aged 83". BBC News. 14 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  7. ^ John Biffen (16 December 2013). "Lord Roberts of Conwy obituary | Politics". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  8. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2000.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Conwy
(Constituency known as Conway, 1970–1983)
1970–1997 		Succeeded by
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