Background
THOMAS OF GWYTMR, Peter John Mitchell Thomas was born on July 31, 1920. Parents: the late David Thomas.
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Peter John Mitchell Thomas THOMAS OF GWYTMR
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Epworth College, Rhyl. Jesus College, Oxford, Master of Arts.
Career
Member of Parliament, Conway, 1951-1966, Hendon South, 197087. Parliamentary Private Secretary to Solicitor-Gen., 1954-1959. Parliamentary Secretary to Ministry of Labour, 1959-1961.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office, 1961-1963. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, 1963-1964. Secretary of State for Wales, and member of the Cabinet.
June 1970-1974; Chairman, Conservative Party, July 1970-1972. President, National Union of Cons, and Unionist Association, 1974-1976. National President, Conservative Friends of Israel, since 1984.
Member. House of Lords, since 1987. War Service, Royal Air Force. Barr-at-law, Middle Temple, 1947.
Queen's Counsel, 1965. Deputy Chairman, Cheshire Quarter Sessions. 1966-1970, Denbighshire Quarter Sessions, 1968-1970.
Master of the Bench, 1971. Recorder of Crown Couts, 1974-1988. An arbitrator of the International Chamber of Commerce Courts of Arbitration, Paris, 1974-1988.
Membership
Clubs: Carlton Club.
Connections
Spouse the late Frances Elizabeth Tessa Dean, 1947. Children: two son, two d.
