Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont

Lieutenant-Colonel The Right Honourable
The Lord Chalfont
Chalfont during a visit to West Germany in 1966
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office
23 October 1964 – 19 June 1970
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byPeter Thomas
Succeeded byJoseph Godber
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
11 November 1964 – 10 November 2015
Life peerage
Personal details
Born
Alun Arthur Gwynne Jones

(1919-12-05)5 December 1919
Monmouthshire, Wales
Died10 January 2020(2020-01-10) (aged 100)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLabour
Crossbencher[1]
OccupationPolitician
Lord Provest
Military career
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Years of service1939–1961
RankLieutenant Colonel
Service number156400
UnitSouth Wales Borderers
Battles / wars
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross
Efficiency Medal

Arthur Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont, OBE, MC, PC (5 December 1919 – 10 January 2020) was a British Army officer, politician and historian.

  1. ^ "Lord Chalfont". UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2014.