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Dr J. D. K. Lloyd (1900-1978), antiquary, author of A Guide to Montgomery (1936) and of various articles on local history, was mayor of Montgomery, 1932-38 and 1961-62, High Sheriff of Montgomeryshire, 1940, secretary of the Powysland Club, 1937-67, and editor of Archaeologia Cambrensis, 1956-69, as well as holding various other public and academic offices.

Cledwyn Hughes, Lord Cledwyn of Penrhos, (1916-2001), was a prominent Labour politician and Welshman.
Cledwyn Hughes, a native of Holyhead, a son of the manse, graduated in law from Aberystwyth in 1937, qualified as a solicitor in 1940, served in the RAF during the war and worked as a solicitor in Anglesey from 1946. After standing twice in the Labour interest against Lady Megan Lloyd George in 1945 and 1950, he captured Anglesey in 1951, thereafter serving continuously until his retirement in 1979. A fervent devolutionist, Hughes was the second Secretary of State for Wales, 1966-1968, succeeding the veteran Jim Griffiths, and pressing successfully to extend the powers and authority of the new department. He was also Minister of Agriculture, 1968-1970, and Chairman of the Labour Party, 1974-1979. Hughes held a large number of offices within the Labour Party and at Westminster.
Following his retirement from the Commons, he became the Lord Cledwyn of Penrhos, acting as opposition leader in the Lords, 1982-1992, fighting against some of the excesses of the Conservative governments. He was an active president of the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1975-1985, and subsequently Pro-Chancellor of the University of Wales, 1985-1994. Lord Cledwyn was also an erudite, cultured, patriotic Welshman who remained passionately supportive of the National Eisteddfod.

The first Women's Institute meeting of England and Wales was held in Llanfairpwll, Anglesey on 11 September 1915. The WI movement originanted in Canada and is the largest voluntary women’s membership in the UK with over 200,000 members. It is an educational, social, non-party political organisation. Members in Wales take part in national and local campaigns, including 'Get cooking', 'Gardening with Schools', 'Pathway to the 21st century project' and 'Menter Iaith Welsh language project'. The national headquarters of the WI, the National Federation of Women's Institutes (NFWI), is in London. The archives of the National Federation of Women's Institutes are held at The Women's Library at the Library of the London School of Economics. There is also an office in Cardiff, NFWI-Wales 19 Cathedral Rd, Pontcanna, Cardiff.