John Roberts, 1st Baron Clwyd

Herbert Roberts c1895
Sir Herbert Roberts c1906

John Herbert Roberts, 1st Baron Clwyd (8 August 1863 – 19 December 1955), known as Sir Herbert Roberts, 1st Baronet, from 1903 to 1919, was a Welsh Liberal politician.

Roberts was the son of John Roberts, of Abergele, Denbighshire. He was elected to the House of Commons for Denbighshire West in 1892, a seat he held until 1918. Between 1912 and 1918 he was Chairman of the Welsh Liberal Parliamentary Party. Roberts was created a Baronet, of Brynwenalt of Kilmaron, in 1903 and in 1919 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Clwyd, of Abergele in the County of Denbigh.

Lord Clwyd married Hannah, daughter of William Sproston Caine, in 1893. She died in 1951. Clwyd died in December 1955, aged 92, and was succeeded in his titles by his son Trevor Roberts.

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    Parliament of the United Kingdom
    Preceded by
    William Cornwallis-West
    Member of Parliament for Denbighshire West
    18921918
    Constituency abolished
    Peerage of the United Kingdom
    New creation Baron Clwyd
    1919 – 1955
    Succeeded by
    John Trevor Roberts

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