Background
Jones, Aubrey was born on November 20, 1911 in Merthyr Tydfil. Son of Evan and Margaret Aubrey Jones.
Jones, Aubrey was born on November 20, 1911 in Merthyr Tydfil. Son of Evan and Margaret Aubrey Jones.
London School of Economics.
Served with Army Intelligence Staff, War Office and Mediterranean 1940-1946. Joined British Iron and Steel Federation as Special Assistant to Chairman 1949, Economics Director 1954 and General Director 1955. Member of Parliament for Birmingham (Hall Green) 1950-1965.
Minister of Fuel and Power 1955-1957, of Supply 1957-1959.
Director Guest, Keen & Nettlefolds Steel Company Limited., former Chairman Staveley Industries Limited., former Director Courtaulds Limited. Chairman National Board for Prices and Incomes 1965-1970.
Chairman Laporte Industries (Holdings) Limited. 1970-1972; Director Thomas Tilling Limited.
82, Inbucon Institute Limited.
1975-1979, Black and Decker Limited. 1977-1981; Director Comhill Insurance Company Limited. 1971-1982, Chairman 1971-1973.
Honorary Fellow, London School of Economics 1959.
Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley 1968. Visiting Fellow, New College Oxford 1978, Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex since 1986.
Senior Research Association, Saint Antony’s College, Oxford 1979-1981. Governor National Institute Economical Social Research 1967.
Honorary Vice-President Consumers’ Association 1967-1972.
Adviser to Public Service Review Commission, of Nigerian Government 1973-1974. Adviser to Iranian Government, on Agricultural Development Plan 1974-1975. United Nations Adviser to Iranian Government, on Public Sector Problems 1975-1979, on Productivity, Prices and Incomes 1976-1979.
Honorary President Oxford Energy Policy Club 1977-1988.
Former Conservative, joined Liberal Party 1980, President, Fulham Democrats 1988.
39th United Kingdom Parliament. 40th United Kingdom Parliament. 41st United Kingdom Parliament.
42nd United Kingdom Parliament.
43rd United Kingdom Parliament]
At the 1950 general election, he was elected as the first Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for the new constituency of Birmingham Hall Green.
Married Joan Godfrey-Isaacs in 1948.