Wyn Roberts, Baron Roberts of Conwy

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The Right Honourable The Lord Roberts of Conwy PC
Official portrait, circa 2005

Minister of State for Wales
In office 15 June 1987 – 28 November 1994
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher John Major
Preceded by	John Stradling Thomas
Succeeded by	Post reorganised
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales
In office 7 May 1979 – 13 June 1987 Serving with Michael Roberts, John Stradling Thomas & Mark Robinson
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Alec Jones & Edward Rowlands
Succeeded by	Ian Grist
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 1 October 1997 – 13 December 2013 Life Peerage
Member of Parliament for Conwy
In office 18 June 1970 – 8 April 1997
Preceded by	Ednyfed Hudson Davies
Succeeded by	Betty Williams

Personal details
Born	(1930-07-10)10 July 1930 Llansadwrn, Anglesey, Wales
Died	13 December 2013(2013-12-13) (aged 83) Rowen, Conwy, Wales
Political party	Conservative

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

His father was a Minister in a chapel in Llansadwrn, Anglesey, and they lived in the schoolhouse.

He was Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Conwy (formerly Conway) from 1970 until his retirement in 1997.^[1] Although he never had a high majority, he maintained his seat for 27 years. Wyn Roberts served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Wales 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 Welsh Office. After the 1987 election, he was promoted to Minister of State at the Welsh Office, a post he held until 1994. He was knighted for political service in 1990.^[2]^[3]

After his retirement from the House of Commons, he was elevated as a life peer on 1 October 1997 with the title of Baron Roberts of Conwy, of Talyfan in the County of Gwynedd.^[4] He served as an opposition spokesman on Wales in the House of Lords until 2007.^[1] He died on 13 December 2013, at his home in Rowen, Conwy, Wales.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Coat of arms of Wyn Roberts, Baron Roberts of Conwy
Crest A demi-lion with dragon’s wings Gules armed Argent and grasping with both paws a trumpet the bell downwards Or. Escutcheon Paly of six Argent and vert a cross patonce Gules on a chief engrailed of three arches also Gules three ancient lamps Argent. Supporters On either side a dragon Gules armed Argent dimidating a lion Gules armed Argent each supporting with the exterior core foot a plain carnyx Argent garnished and the bell downwards Or. Motto Pleidiol I M Gwald^[8]

External links

Wyn Roberts Diaries at the National Library of Wales

References

^ ^a ^b Williamson, David (28 June 2007). "Long-serving Tory peer announces retirement". Western Mail. p. 7.
^ "No. 52173". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 1990. p. 2.
^ "No. 52543". The London Gazette. 28 May 1991. p. 8207.
^ "No. 54911". The London Gazette. 6 October 1997. p. 11235.
^ Chiara Rinaldi (14 December 2013). "Lord Roberts of Conwy has died at the age of 83". Wales Online. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
^ "Lord Roberts of Conwy dies, aged 83". BBC News. 14 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
^ John Biffen (16 December 2013). "Lord Roberts of Conwy obituary | Politics". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
^ Debrett's Peerage. 2000.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Ednyfed Hudson Davies	Member of Parliament for Conwy (Constituency known as Conway, 1970–1983) 1970–1997	Succeeded by Betty Williams

v t e Conservative Party MPs in Wales
Until 1990s	Nicholas Bennett Jonathan Evans Roger Evans Ian Grist Gwilym Jones Rod Richards Wyn Roberts Walter Sweeney
Until 2019	Guto Bebb Chris Davies
Until 2024	Sarah Atherton Simon Baynes Alun Cairns Stephen Crabb Virginia Crosbie David T. C. Davies James Davies Simon Hart David Jones Fay Jones Robin Millar Jamie Wallis Craig Williams

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