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 Welsh 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 William Sproston Caine MP. He was also the grandson of

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MP, of

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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 Selborne,

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Family

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

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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 Civil servants in the Lord Chancellor's Department Members of Gray's Inn People educated at Gresham's School