British Offices and Honours
Advertisement

Major The Right Honourable Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby, T.D., P.C.

  • Born: 4 December 1894
  • Died: 14 February 1967

Known as[]

  • 1894-1922: Mr. Gwilym Lloyd George
  • 1922-1924: Major Gwilym Lloyd George, T.D., M.P.
  • 1924-1929: Major Gwilym Lloyd George, T.D.
  • 1929-1941: Major Gwilym Lloyd George, T.D., M.P.
  • 1941-1950: Major The Rt. Hon. Gwilym Lloyd George, T.D., M.P.
  • 1950-1951: Major The Rt. Hon. Gwilym Lloyd George, T.D.
  • 1951-1957: Major The Rt. Hon. Gwilym Lloyd George, T.D., M.P.
  • 1957-1967: Major The Viscount Tenby, T.D., P.C.

Education[]

  • Eastbourne College
  • Jesus College, Cambridge

Offices[]

  • Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, 1939-1941
  • Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food, 1941-1942
  • Minister of Fuel and Power, 1942-1945
  • Minister of Food, 1951-1954
  • Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1954-1957

Peerage Titles[]

  • Viscount Tenby, 1957

Privy Council[]

Parliamentary Seats[]

  • Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire, 1922-1924, 1929-1950
  • Member of Parliament for North Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1951-1957

Other Positions[]

  • Managind Director of United Newspapers, 1925
  • President of the University College of Swansea
  • President of the London Welsh Rugby Football Club
  • President of the Football Association of Wales
  • President of the Fleming Memorial Fund for Medical Research, 1961


Preceded by:
Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe
Home Secretary
1954–1957
Succeeded by:
R. A. Butler
Advertisement