Eifion Roberts

His Honour Hugh Eifion Pritchard Roberts known as Eifion Roberts (22 November 1927 – 15 September 2019)[1], was a British Circuit Judge and Liberal Party politician.

Background

He was the elder son of the Rev. and Mrs E.P. Roberts of Anglesey and his younger brother was the politician Wyn Roberts. He was educated at Beaumaris Grammar School and the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he received an LLB with honours, He interrupted his studies to serve as a Flying Officer in the Royal Air Force education branch.[2] He returned to his studies at Exeter College, Oxford where he obtained a BCL.[3] In 1951 he again interrupted his studies, this time to stand as Liberal candidate for the Denbigh Division at the 1951 General Election. Without having the opportunity to nurse the constituency, he was not able to prevent the Liberals from dropping to third place;

General election 1951[4] Electorate 54,011
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal National Emlyn Hugh Garner Evans 20,269 45.7 +6.8
Labour James I. Jones 12,354 27.8 +2.9
Liberal Hugh Eifion Pritchard Roberts 11,758 26.5 -9.7
Majority 7,915 17.9 +15.2
Turnout 82.2
Liberal National hold Swing n/a

He did not stand for parliament again.

Professional career

In 1953 he received a Call to Bar, Gray's Inn. He practised as a Junior Counsel on the Wales and Chester Circuit from September 1953–April 1971. He was Deputy Chairman of the Anglesey Quarter-Session from 1966–71 and the Denbighshire Quarter-Session from 1970–71. In 1971 he was appointed a Queens Counsel. He was a Recorder of the Crown Court from 1972–77. He was Assistant Parliamentary Boundary Commissioner for Wales and a Member for Wales of the Crawford Committee on Broadcasting Coverage. In 1977 he was appointed a Circuit Judge. He retired in 1998.[5]

He married, in 1958, Buddug Williams. They had one son and two daughters. In 2009 he was made an Honorary Fellow of Bangor University.[6]

He died on 15 September 2019 at Wrexham Maelor Hospital. His funeral was held at Penygarnedd Chapel, Pentraeth on 30 September 2019 with the burial at Menai Cemetery, Menai Bridge. <ref name="dailypost-notice">

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References
  1. "ROBERTS HIS HONOUR HUGH EIFION PRITCHARD Q.C". Daily Post. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  2. The Times House of Commons, 1951
  3. ‘ROBERTS, His Honour (Hugh) Eifion (Pritchard)’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2013 ; online edn, Dec 2013 accessed 5 Feb 2014
  4. British parliamentary election results 1950-1970, Craig, F.W.S.
  5. ‘ROBERTS, His Honour (Hugh) Eifion (Pritchard)’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2013 ; online edn, Dec 2013 accessed 5 Feb 2014
  6. ‘ROBERTS, His Honour (Hugh) Eifion (Pritchard)’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2013 ; online edn, Dec 2013 accessed 5 Feb 2014
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