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Educated at Holyhead Grammar School and the University Of Wales, Aberystwyth , he served in the RAFVR in the Second World War . He became a solicitor and a town clerk of Holyhead . He was a governor of the University Of Wales and the National Museum Of Wales . He served as an Anglesey County Council lor. After unsuccessfully contesting the constituency of Anglesey in both 1945 and 1950 , he was elected to Parliament in the 1951 General Election , defeating Megan Lloyd George . He remained as MP for Anglesey until moving to the House Of Lords in 1979 . His florid complexion was a familiar sight in the news. After he had served as Minister Of State For Commonwealth Relations (1964-6), Harold Wilson made him Secretary Of State For Wales in 1966 before moving him to become Minister Of Agriculture, Fisheries And Food (1968-70). In 1979 he was made a life peer as Baron of Holyhead , and was first Deputy Leader (1981-82) then Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords from 1982 . One of his most notable successes was his involvement in the campaign for recognition of the Welsh Language . He has a building named after him at the University Of Wales, Aberystwyth , which his home to the School of Business and Managment.
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