Wynn Hugh-Jones
Sir Wynn Normington Hugh-Jones, LVO, (1 November 1923 โ 5 July 2019), sometimes known as Sir Hugh Jones, was a British diplomat, administrator and Liberal Party official.
Hugh-Jones was born at
Jones entered the
Jones' father had been a Liberal and his political sympathies were always towards the Liberal Party, although as a public servant or ESU administrator he could not participate in national political activity. However, in 1977 he was appointed Secretary General of the Liberal Party and served in this post until 1983. From 1984-87 he was Joint Honorary Treasurer of the party. He steered the party through the period of the
Having been appointed a
After retirement Sir Hugh, as a resident of Avebury in Wiltshire became chairman of the Avebury in Danger campaign (now the Avebury Society) which fought to preserve Avebury as a World Heritage Site and living village. He also undertook lecture tours of the United States on east-west relations and other international and political questions. He separated from his first wife, Ann with whom he had three children and later married Oswynne Jordan.
Jones published the first volume of his autobiography, Diplomacy to Politics by way of the Jungle in 2002 and the second Campaigning Face to Face in 2007. He died in July 2019 at the age of 95.[6]
References
- ^ The Times, 18 March 1982
- ^ The Times, 16 September 1981
- ^ "No. 42367". The London Gazette. 30 May 1961. p. 3995.
- ^ "No. 49583". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1983. p. 2.
- ^ "No. 49696". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 April 1984. p. 4829.
- ^ Golf club flag flies at half mast in tribute to Sir Wynn
- Interview with Malcolm McBain, 2005
- Campaigning Face to Face, Book Guild Publishing, Brighton, 2007
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