- E15.
- Ffeil
- 1951-86.
Photocopies from extracts from Hansard, including the text of Lord Cledwyn's maiden speech in the House of Commons, 8 Nov. 1951.
Photocopies from extracts from Hansard, including the text of Lord Cledwyn's maiden speech in the House of Commons, 8 Nov. 1951.
Miscellaneous circulars and typescript items, including a press release, 5 May 1978, announcing Cledwyn Hughes's intention to retire from the House of Commons at the next general election and reviewing the milestones in his career; a copy of the Writ of Summons to Parliament, May 1987, addressed to the Lord Cledwyn; a copy of a circular 'Who Runs Wales?: a briefing paper on quangos in Wales', published by the Wales Labour Party in January 1993; typescript notes for Lord Cledwyn's speech, 16 August 1993, to the opening session of the 15th Congress of the Association of Commonwealth Universities at the University of Wales, Swansea; and a typescript tribute, undated, from Lord Cledwyn to Lord Tonypandy.
Bundle of birthday cards, many sent to Lord Cledwyn on the occasion of his 70th birthday,
Press-cuttings on Lord Cledwyn's political career and the contemporary political scene including his period as Secretary of State for Wales and Minister of Agriculture. There are also cuttings of tributes to Aneurin Bevan, 1960, and Sir Winston Churchill, 1965.
Press cuttings, mainly relating to Lord Cledwyn's career and to political events. There is material describing his appointment as Secretary of State for Wales in 1966, and to the celebrations marking his silver anniversary as Labour MP for Anglesey in 1976-1977.
Correspondence, including letters from Sir Archie Lush, Peter Thomas (Secretary of State for Wales), James Griffiths MP, Sir Ben Bowen Thomas, J. B. Priestley, Goronwy Roberts MP, James Prior (Minister of Agriculture), Hubert H. Humphrey, Lord Napier, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (President of Pakistan), Robert Carr MP (Lord President of the Council), Caerwyn Roderick MP, George Thomson, Lord Hailsham (Lord Chancellor), A. J. P. Taylor and John Grigg.
Correspondence, including letters congratulating him on his election as chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party, Nov. 1974. Among the correspondents are George Thomson, Sir Ronald Waterhouse, Dr Kate Roberts, Gwynfor Evans MP, Marquis of Anglesey (2), James Griffiths (2), Sir Idris Foster, Tom Jones, Emrys Roberts, Harold Finch, Mervyn Jones, Sir Goronwy Daniel, Lord Watkins and Roy Jenkins (Home Secretary).
Letters congratulating Lord Cledwyn on his becoming a Companion of Honour in the New Year's Honours List. Among the correpondents are William Whitelaw, Lord Houghton, Lord Goronwy Roberts, Elystan Morgan, Julian Amery, Aneirin Talfan Davies, Denis Healey and Lord Trend.
Correspondence, including letters from John Morris (Secretary of State for Wales), Viscount Hall, James Callaghan (Prime Minister), Professor Glanmor Williams, Lord Elwyn-Jones, Cliff Prothero, Geraint Morgan MP, Roy Jenkins (2), Tam Dalyell MP, Emyr Currie-Jones and Ivor Roberts-Jones (5).
Correspondence, including letters from Lord Elton, Anita Gale, Lord Gibson-Watt, Lady Elspeth Howe, Lord Howe of Aberavon, Denis Howell MP, Greville Janner MP, Lord Jellicoe, Barry Jones MP, John Elfed Jones, Mervyn Jones, Gerald Kaufman MP, Lord Mackay of Clashfern, Alun Michael MP and Professor Kenneth O. Morgan.
Correspondence, including letters from Sir David Nicholas, Emma Nicholson MP, Lord Gordon Parry, Professor Ben Pimlott, Cliff Prothero, Rev Dr D. Ben Rees, Jack Straw MP, Professor Eric Sunderland, Lord Swansea, Sir Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, Jeremy Thorpe, Lord Waddington and Lord Wakeham.
The British Veterinary Association,
The correspondents include James Callaghan, Lord Callaghan of Cardiff, 1986-94, Principal Brian Clarkson, 1994, Sir Alun Talfan Davies, 1989, Lord Gwilym Prys-Davies, 1995, Per Denez, 1992, Owen Edwards, 1989, Dr Meredydd Evans, 1989, Dr W. R. P. George, 1987-9, Professor R. Geraint Gruffydd, 1989, Sir Alec Douglas Home, Lord Home of the Hirsel, 1990, Mervyn Jones, undated, John Major, 1991, Roy Mason, 1987, Lord Elystan Morgan, 1987 and 1994, Mary Robinson, President of Ireland, 1994, Lord Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1989, Principal Eric Sunderland, 1995, Sir John Meurig Thomas, 1994, Peter Thomas, Lord Thomas of Gwydir, 1987, Lord Thomson, 1989, Lord John Wakeham, 1996, Sir Glanmor Williams, 1995, Kyffin Williams, 1993-4, Marcia Williams, Lady Falkender, undated, and Baroness Mary Wilson of Rievaulx, 1995.
Correspondence relating to the celebrations held at the House of Lords to mark Lord Cledwyn's forty years in Parliament. Most of the letters are notes from members of the House of Lords accepting or declining the invitation to attend the celebrations.