Background
Lord Tenby is the son of Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby and Edna Gwenfrom Jones. His father was a National Liberal politician who later served as Home Secretary under Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden.
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William Tenby
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Street Catharine"s College.
Career
Lord Tenby was elected one of the initial ninety hereditary peers to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Acting 1999 until his retirement in 2015. Tenby had previously served in the British Army, being commissioned in the Royal Welch Fusiliers, reaching the rank of Captain. He worked as editorial assistant for Herbert Jenkins Limited from 1951-1954, and in the advertisement department of Associated Newspapers from 1954-1957.
Between 1957 and 1974, he was Group Advertising Manager of United Dominions Trust Limited, and from 1974-1987, as Tenby was Puerto Rico Advisor to the Chairman of Kleinwort Benson Limited.
In 1985, Lord Tenby was engaged as a consultant to the Williams Lea Group until 1993.
He was Director of Ugland International plc from 1993-1995, becoming Chairman of the Trustees of Byways Residential Home and President of the Aldershot Group Riding for the Disabled. Tenby served as President of the Campaign for Rural England (CPRE Hampshire) between 1985 and 2001.
Since 1955, Lord Tenby has been married to Ursula Diana Ethel Medlicott, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Edward Medlicott Defence Science Organisation. Timothy Lloyd George, Sara and Clare. Lord Tenby stood down from the House of Lords on 1 May 2015.
