Education
He was educated at Cadoxton Boys" School, Barry, and Cardiff Technical College.
He was educated at Cadoxton Boys" School, Barry, and Cardiff Technical College.
He held a number of technical positions at various laboratories at Cardiff and Swansea before securing an appointment in 1954 as metallurgist to the Research Department of the Steel Company of Wales Limited, Abbey Works, Portuguese Talbot, in which position he remained until his election to parliament in the General Election of October 1964. He held a number of junior ministerial appointments including minister of state for Wales, 1967–1970, opposition whip, 1970–1974, Lord of the Treasury 1974–1978, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 1978–1979, and opposition spokesman on Welsh affairs, 1981–1983. He also served as delegate to the Council of Europe and was especially prominent in the public life of Neath, Swansea and West Glamorgan.
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He was a tenor soloist and a member of the Welsh National Opera Company.
