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David Rees-Williams, 1st Baron Ogmore
David Rees Rees-Williams, 1st Baron Ogmore, PC (22 November 1903 - 30 August 1976) was a UK politician.
Rees-Williams was born in Bridgend, Glamorgan. He qualified as a solicitor in 1929 and married and had three children.
As Lieutenant-Colonel Rees-Williams, he was elected Labour Member of Parliament for Croydon South in 1945, defeating the incumbent MP, Sir Herbert Williams. In the government he was a minister in the Colonial Office, travelling to East Asia to consider the movements towards independence. He lost his seat at the 1950 General Election and was created 1st Baron Ogmore on 5 July 1950. He served as Minister of Civil Aviation in 1951 and was made a Privy Councillor the same year.
Lord Ogmore joined the Liberal Party in 1959 and served as Liberal Party President, 1963 - 1964.
Lord Ogmore's daughter, Elizabeth Rees-Williams , married the actors Richard Harris and Rex Harrison and more recently Jonathan Aitken, the disgraced former Conservative MP.
| Preceded by: New Creation | Baron Ogmore | Followed by: Gwilym Rees Rees-Williams |
Categories: 1903 births | 1976 deaths | Peers | Members of the Privy Council | UK Labour Party politicians | UK Liberal Party politicians | British MPs | Croydon MPs
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