Peter Thomas

Peter John Mitchell Thomas, Baron Thomas of Gwydir, PC, QC (born July 31 , 1920 ) is a Welsh Conservative politician, now retired.

Educated at Epworth College, Rhyl and Jesus College, Oxford , Thomas served in the RAF in the Second World War , spending 1941-1945 in a prisoner-of-war camp in Germany . A barrister, he was called to the Bar in 1947 at Middle Temple and took silk as Queen's Counsel in 1965.

Thomas was elected to Parliament as MP for Conway in 1951. He served as a junior minister at the Ministry Of Labour 1959-61 and Under-Secretary Of State at the Foreign Office from 1961, and Minister Of State For Foreign Affairs 1963-64. In opposition he was a spokesman on law 1965-66. In 1966 he lost his seat, but returned as MP for Hendon South in 1970, a position which he held until retiring in 1987.
During the whole of Edward Heath 's premiership he held the position of Secretary Of State For Wales .

In 1987 he was awarded a Life Peerage , the barony of Llanrwst in Gwynedd .

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