emrys roberts, born 1910
lawyer, member of parliament & businessman
Emrys Roberts CBE (22 September 1910 – 29 October 1990) was born in Caernarfon. He was educated at Caernarfon Grammar School, the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He became a solicitor in 1936 and was awarded the Clements Inn Prize. He also attended the Geneva School of International Law. He served in the RAF, 1941-45, where he became a squadron-leader. He was called to the bar from Grays Inn in 1944. He was Liberal MP for Merionethshire from 1945 to 1951. He was a member of the Council of Europe, 1950-51, and a member of parliamentary delegations to Germany, Yugoslavia, Romania and Sweden. He was chairman of the National Eisteddfod Council, 1964-67. He was a member of the Mid-Wales Development Corporation, 1969-77, and its chairman in 1977, and a member of the Welsh Development Agency, 1977-81. He published jointly The Law of Restrictive Trade Practices and Monopolies. His later business career was with Tootal, whose headquarters were in Manchester.
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