Frederick Elwyn Jones, Baron Elwyn-Jones

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For the British television scriptwriter, see Elwyn Jones (writer).

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Background and education

Frederick Elwyn Jones was born in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, read history for one year at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and then at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He spent time in Germany in the 1930s as a young man.

Legal career

He became a barrister and Recorder of Merthyr Tydfil. He was also a broadcaster and journalist. He served as junior British Counsel during the Nuremberg Trials.[1] and led for the prosecution (Leading Prosecutor) at the Hamburg trial of Marshal Erich von Manstein in 1948.

In 1966 he led the prosecution of the Moors murderers, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.

Political career

At the 1945 general election, he was elected as Labour Member of Parliament for Plaistow, east London. In 1950, he became MP for West Ham South, serving until 1974. In 1964 Elwyn Jones was sworn of the Privy Council and appointed Attorney General (receiving the customary knighthood[2]) by Harold Wilson, a post he held until 1970.

In February 1974, he was once again elected to Parliament, now for Newham South, but left the House of Commons soon afterwards when he was made a life peer, as Baron Elwyn-Jones, of Llanelli in the County of Carmarthen and of Newham in Greater London.[3] He then served as Lord Chancellor from 1974 to 1979, under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan. In 1976 he was made a Companion of Honour.[4]

Personal life

in 1937 Elwyn Jones married Pearl (Polly) Binder, a Jewish artist from Manchester. They had three children: Josephine, Lou and Dan. Josephine became a researcher on Jacob Bronowski's TV series The Ascent of Man and married Francis Gladstone (a relative of Prime Minister William Gladstone).

Elwyn Jones's brother Idris Jones (1900–1971) was captain of the Wales Rugby team in 1925, and was an industrial chemist who became Director General of Research Development for the National Coal Board.[5][6]

Lord Elwyn-Jones died in December 1989, aged 80.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Plaistow
1945–1950		 Constituency abolished
New constituency Member of Parliament for West Ham South
1950–1974
Member of Parliament for Newham South
1974		 Succeeded by
Nigel Spearing
Political offices
Preceded by Attorney General for England and Wales
1964–1970		 Succeeded by
Peter Rawlinson
Preceded by Lord Chancellor
1974–1979		 Succeeded by
The Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone
  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 43498. p. 10025. 24 November 1964.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 46236. p. 3303. 14 March 1974.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 46916. p. 7823. 1 June 1976.
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