John Trevor Roberts, 2nd Baron Clwyd of Abergele in the County of

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(28 November 1900 – 30 March 1987), also Sir John Trevor Roberts, 2nd Baronet, was a

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peer. He was known as Trevor Roberts.

Background and early life

Roberts was the son of John Roberts, 1st Baron Clwyd and of Hannah, Lady Roberts, a daughter of

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MP. He was also the grandson of

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MP, of

Abergele Abergele (; ; ) is a market town and community, situated on the north coast of Wales between the holiday resorts of Colwyn Bay and Rhyl, in Conwy County Borough and in the historic county of Denbighshire. Its northern suburb of Pensarn lies on ...

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. He was educated at

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and

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( BA 1922).

Career

Roberts was admitted a

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in 1930 and served as assistant secretary of commissions in the Lord Chancellor's Department of the

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from 1948 to 1961. He was appointed a JP for

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in 1950 and succeeded his father as a member of the

in 1955. He had houses in London and in

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Family

In 1932, Roberts married Joan de Bois (died 1985), daughter of Charles R. Murray, of

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, and they had one son, John Anthony Roberts, 3rd Baron Clwyd (born 2 January 1935, died 2006) and one daughter Alison Roberts, (born 24 February 1939). His brother was the composer

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(1906-1990).

Notes

References

*''Clwyd, John Trevor Roberts'' in ''Who Was Who 1897-2006'' online, fro
Clwyd, John Trevor Roberts
(Retrieved 22 August 2007) *Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors), ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition, St Martin's Press, New York, 1990), * {{DEFAULTSORT:Clwyd, John Trevor Roberts, 2nd Baron 1900 births 1987 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge 2 People educated at Gresham's School Members of Gray's Inn Civil servants in the Lord Chancellor's Department