Ieuan Wyn Pritchard Roberts, Baron Roberts of Conwy, PC (10 July 1930 – 13 December 2013) was a Welsh

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. His father was a Minister in a chapel in Llansadwrn,

Anglesey Anglesey ( ; ) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms the bulk of the Principal areas of Wales, county known as the Isle of Anglesey, which also includes Holy Island, Anglesey, Holy Island () and some islets and Skerry, sker ...

, and they lived in the schoolhouse. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of

Conwy Conwy (, ), previously known in English as Conway, is a walled market town, community and the administrative centre of Conwy County Borough in North Wales. The walled town and castle stand on the west bank of the River Conwy, facing Deganwy ...

(formerly ''Conway'') from 1970 until his retirement in 1997. Although he never had a high majority, he maintained his seat for 27 years. Wyn Roberts served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the

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Peter Thomas from 1970 to 1974, and was Opposition spokesman on Wales between 1974 and 1979. On the 1979 Conservative election victory, he was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the

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. Following the 1987 election, he was promoted to

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at the

, a post he held until 1994. He was

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for political service in 1990. Following his retirement from the

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, he was elevated as a

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on 1 October 1997 with the title of Baron Roberts of Conwy, of Talyfan in the County of

Gwynedd Gwynedd () is a county in the north-west of Wales. It borders Anglesey across the Menai Strait to the north, Conwy, Denbighshire, and Powys to the east, Ceredigion over the Dyfi estuary to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. The ci ...

. He served as an opposition spokesman on Wales in the

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until 2007. He died on 13 December 2013, at his home in

Rowen, Conwy Rowen is a village on the western slopes of the Conwy valley in the parish of Caerhun, within now Conwy County Borough, Wales, and historically in Caernarfonshire. It lies off the B5106 road, between Tal-y-bont, Conwy, Tal y Bont and the Groe ...

, Wales.

External links

Wyn Roberts Diaries
at the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roberts, Wyn 1930 births 2013 deaths Knights Bachelor Conservative Party (UK) MPs for Welsh constituencies Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom UK MPs 1970–1974 UK MPs 1974 UK MPs 1974–1979 UK MPs 1979–1983 UK MPs 1983–1987 UK MPs 1987–1992 UK MPs 1992–1997 Welsh-speaking politicians Roberts of Conwy, Ieuan Roberts, Baron Life peers created by Elizabeth II