William Glyn-Jones

Sir William Samuel Glyn-Jones (1869 – 9 September 1927) was a British Liberal Party politician and pharmacist.[1]

William Samuel Glyn-Jones

Background

He was born to Welsh parents in Worcester in 1869, the son of George Griffith Jones. He was educated at Merthyr Tydfil Grammar School. He married in 1894, Mary Evans of Tower Hill, Llanybydder, Carmarthen. They had two sons and two daughters.[2] His eldest son, Hildreth Glyn-Jones, became an eminent barrister and High Court judge. His younger son John Glyn-Jones was an actor.

Career

He was Called to Bar, Middle Temple in 1904. He was appointed an Alderman to Middlesex County Council. Standing for the first time, he fought the January 1910 General Election as Liberal candidate for Stepney, coming second. He served as Liberal Member of Parliament for Stepney from December 1910–18. He gained the seat from the Conservatives at the December 1910 General Election. When his constituency was abolished in 1918 he decided to retire from parliament.[3] He was Knighted in 1919. He served as a Justice of the Peace for Middlesex. He was a Pharmacist. He was Secretary to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain from 1918–26. He had published The Law of Poisons and Pharmacy in 1909. He was Chairman of the Council of the Proprietary Articles Trade Association, and since 1926 of the Canadian Proprietary Articles Trade Association.[4]

The grave of William Samuel Glyn-Jones in Southgate Cemetery

He died in Vancouver after a month-long illness.[1]

References

1. "Obituary: Sir William Glyn-Jones". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 10 September 1927. p. 12.
2. Who Was Who
3. British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, Craig, F. W. S.
4. British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, Craig, F. W. S.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Glyn-Jones