Saturday, 1 September 2018
2015 Goronwy Owen
Constituency : Caernarvonshire 1923-45
Goronwy recaptured Caernarvonshire for the Liberals.
Goronwy was educated at Ardwyn Grammar School and University College of Wales. He became a schoolteacher in London before joining up in 1914. He served in France where he was awarded the DSO. He rose to the rank of brigade major. He became a barrister after the war but was more interested in developing business interests. He was a member of the London Stock Exchange and a director of oil companies in South America and the Caribbean. He was a Carnarvonshire county councillor.
In 1925, Goronwy married the sister-in-law of Gwilym Lloyd George. This made him the fourth member of Lloyd George's so-called "family group". In 1931 he became a government whip and Comptroller of the Household. He resigned when Lloyd George broke with Samuel and stood as an Independent Liberal in 1931.
Goronwy was knighted in 1944.
Goronwy was defeated in the Labour landslide of 1945.
In the 1950s, Goronwy was chair of the Gwynedd Police Authority.
He died in 1963 aged 82.
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