Lord Elwyn-Jones
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The Right Honourable The Lord Elwyn-Jones CH PC |
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| Shadow Lord Chancellor | |
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In office 2 October 1983 – 9 January 1989 |
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| Leader | Neil Kinnock |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Mishcon |
| Lord Chancellor | |
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In office 5 March 1974 – 4 May 1979 |
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| Prime Minister |
Harold Wilson James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | The Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone |
| Attorney General for England and Wales | |
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In office 16 October 1964 – 19 June 1970 |
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| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | John Hobson |
| Succeeded by | Peter Rawlinson |
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Member of Parliament for Newham South |
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In office 28 February 1974 – 11 March 1974 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Nigel Spearing |
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Member of Parliament for West Ham South |
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In office 23 February 1950 – 28 February 1974 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
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Member of Parliament for Plaistow |
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In office 5 July 1945 – 23 February 1950 |
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| Preceded by | Will Thorne |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
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24 October 1909 Llanelli, Wales, UK |
| Died | 4 December 1989 (aged 80) Brighton, England, UK |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Pearl Binder (1937–1989) |
| Alma mater |
Aberystwyth University Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge City Law School |
Frederick Elwyn Jones, Baron Elwyn-Jones, CH, PC (24 October 1909 – 4 December 1989), known as Elwyn Jones, was a Welsh barrister and Labour politician.
Elwyn Jones was born in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, read history for one year at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and then at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He spent time in Germany in the 1930s as a young man.
He became a barrister and Recorder of Merthyr Tydfil. He was also a broadcaster and journalist. He served as junior British Counsel during the Nuremberg Trials, and led for the prosecution (Leading Prosecutor) at the Hamburg trial of Marshal Erich von Manstein in 1948.
In 1966, he led the prosecution of the Moors murderers, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.
At the 1945 general election, he was elected as Labour Member of Parliament for Plaistow, east London. In 1950, he became MP for West Ham South, serving until 1974. In 1964, Elwyn Jones was sworn of the Privy Council and appointed Attorney General (receiving the customary knighthood) by Harold Wilson, a post he held until 1970.
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