The Lord Ogmore | |
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 Rees-Williams in 1947 | |
| Member of Parliament forCroydon South | |
| In office 5 July 1945 – 3 February 1950 | |
| Preceded by | Herbert Williams |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | David Rees Rees-Williams (1903-11-22)22 November 1903 Bridgend, Wales |
| Died | 30 August 1976(1976-08-30) (aged 72) |
| Political party | Labour (until 1959) Liberal (1959–1976) |
| Spouse | Constance Wills |
| Children | 3 |
David Rees Rees-Williams, 1st Baron Ogmore,PC,TD (22 November 1903 – 30 August 1976) was a British politician.
Rees-Williams was born inBridgend, Wales, the son of William Rees Williams,[1] of Garth-celyn, Bridgend, and Jennet, daughter of Morgan David, of Bridgend. William Rees Williams was a veterinary surgeon, and had served as a captain in theRoyal Army Veterinary Corps.[2][3] He qualified as a solicitor in 1929. Commissioned into the 6th (Territorial Army) Battalion,Welch Regiment, he was promotedCaptain in 1936 and Major in 1938, by which time his battalion had become asearchlight unit. He transferred to theRoyal Artillery in 1940, when all searchlight units did so, and ended theSecond World War as aLieutenant-Colonel.
Rees-Williams was electedLabour Member of Parliament forCroydon South in 1945, defeating the incumbent MP, SirHerbert Williams. In the government he was a minister in theColonial Office, travelling to East Asia to consider the movements towards independence. His seat was redistributed at the end of the Parliament and he narrowly lost the successor seat at the1950 general election and was raised to the peerage asBaron Ogmore, ofBridgend in theCounty of Glamorgan, on10 July 1950.[4] He served as Minister of Civil Aviation in 1951 and was made aPrivy Councillor the same year. Lord Ogmore was President of the London Welsh Trust, which ran theLondon Welsh Centre,Gray's Inn Road, from 1955 until 1959.[5]
Lord Ogmore joined theLiberal Party in 1959 and served asLiberal Party President, 1963–1964.
In 1930, Lord Ogmore married (Alice Alexandra) Constance, daughter of Walter Robert Wills, Lord Mayor of Cardiff from 1945 to 1946.[6] He had three children. His daughter, Elizabeth Rees-Williams, married the actorsRichard Harris andSir Rex Harrison, the businessman Peter Aitken, and more recentlyJonathan Aitken, the formerConservative MP. His grandsons are actorsJared Harris andJamie Harris and directorDamian Harris.[7][8]
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| Preceded by | Member of Parliament forCroydon South 1945–1950 | Constituency abolished |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies 1947–1950 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of Civil Aviation 1951 | Succeeded by |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by | President of the Liberal Party 1963–1964 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by ? | President of theWelsh Liberal Party ?–1970 | Succeeded by |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Baron Ogmore 1950–1976 | Succeeded by |