Elystan Morgan

The Lord Elystan-Morgan
Portrait by Godfrey Argent, 1970
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs
In office
6 April 1968 – 19 June 1970
Serving with David Ennals and Merlyn Rees
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byDick Taverne
Succeeded byMark Carlisle
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
27 May 1981 – 12 February 2020
Life peerage
Member of Parliament
for Cardiganshire
In office
31 March 1966 – 8 February 1974
Preceded byRoderic Bowen
Succeeded byGeraint Howells
Personal details
Born
Dafydd Elystan Morgan

(1932-12-07)7 December 1932
Aberystwyth, Wales
Died7 July 2021(2021-07-07) (aged 88)
Ceredigion, Wales
Political partyLabour
Other political
affiliations
Plaid Cymru (1946–1965)
Spouse
Alwen Roberts
(m. 1959; died 2006)
Children2
ParentDewi Morgan (father)
ResidenceDole, Ceredigion
Alma materUniversity College of Wales, Aberystwyth
Occupation
  • Judge
  • MP

Dafydd Elystan Elystan-Morgan, Baron Elystan-Morgan (7 December 1932 – 7 July 2021), known as Elystan Morgan, was a Welsh politician.[1] He sat as a crossbencher in the House of Lords from 1981 to 2020, and served as a Labour MP from 1966 to 1974.[2]

  1. ^ "Mr Elystan Morgan (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Lord Elystan-Morgan criticises bill to reduce MPs". BBC News. 16 January 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2021.