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Ieuan Wyn Pritchard Roberts, Baron Roberts of Conwy, PC (10 July 1930 – 13 December 2013) was a Welsh Conservative politician.
The Lord Roberts of Conwy | |
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 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 | |
| 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 | 10 July 1930 Llansadwrn, Anglesey, Wales |
| Died | 13 December 2013 (aged 83) Rowen, Conwy, Wales |
| Political party | Conservative |
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]
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