Lord Elwyn-Jones CH, (1909-1989) Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
Born in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire the son of a tinplate worker, Elwyn Jones attended Llanelli Boys’ Grammar School and then with the aid of scholarships he proceeded to Aberystwyth and Cambridge University, where he was President of the Union. Called to the Bar by Gray’s Inn he served as prosecuting junior counsel at Nuremberg. He was elected to Parliament in 1950 for the Plaistow and then the Newham division. He was Attorney-General from 1964-70 and Lord Chancellor from 1974 - 1979