Background
CHALFONT, Arthur Alun Gwynne Jones was born on December 5, 1919 in Lantarnam, Wales. Son of Arthur Gwynne Jones and Eliza Alice Hardman.
CHALFONT, Arthur Alun Gwynne Jones was born on December 5, 1919 in Lantarnam, Wales. Son of Arthur Gwynne Jones and Eliza Alice Hardman.
West Monmouth School.
Served in Burma 1941-1944, Malaya 1955-1957, Cyprus 1958-1959. Resigned comm. 1961; Defence Correspondent The Times, London 1961-1964. Consultant on foreign affairs to BBC TV, London 1961-1964.
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs 1964-1970, Minister for Disarmament 1964-1967, 1969-1970, in charge of day-to-day negotiations for Britain's entry into Common Market 1967-1969. Perm. Representative to Western European Union 1969-1970. Foreign; Chairman All Party Defence Group House of Lords since 1980, Industrial Cleaning Papers 1979-1986, Peter Hamilton Security Consultants Ltd.
1984-1986, United Kingdom Committee Free World since 1981, European Atlantic Group since 1983, VSEL Consortium PLC 1987. Deputy Chairman I BA since 1989. Chairman Radio Authority September since 1989.
President Hispanic and Luso Brazilian Council 1975-1980. Royal National Institute for Deaf since 1980. Llangollen Institute Music Festival 1979-1987.
Abington Corporation (Consultants) Ltd. since 1981. Nottingham Building Society since 1983. Director W. S. Atkins Institute 1979-1983, IBM United Kingdom Ltd. since 1973 (member IBM Europe Advisory Council since 1973), Lazard Brothers and Company Ltd. since 1983, Shandwick Pic since 1985, Triangle Holdings since 1986.
President Freedom in Sport Institute since 1988. Professional.
The Sword and the Spirit 1963, The Great Commanders 1973, Montgomery of Alamein 1976. (Editor) Waterloo: Battle of Three Armies 1979, Star Wars. Suicide or Survival 1985, Defence of the Realm 1987, By God's Will: A Portrait of the Sultan of Brunei 1989.
Eontribs. to Times anil national and professional journals.
Institute Institute of Strategic Studies. Institute Directors.
Married Mona Mitchell in 1948.