Elwyn Jones, Baron Elwyn-Jones

The Right Honourable The Lord Elwyn-Jones CH PC QC
Elwyn-Jones in 1976
Shadow Lord Chancellor
In office 2 October 1983 – 9 January 1989
Leader	Neil Kinnock
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	The Lord Mishcon
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
In office 4 March 1974 – 4 May 1979
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
In office 16 October 1964 – 19 June 1970
Prime Minister	Harold Wilson
Preceded by	John Hobson
Succeeded by	Peter Rawlinson
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 11 March 1974 – 4 December 1989 Life peerage
Member of Parliament for Newham South (West Ham South, 1950-1974) (Plaistow, 1945-1950)
In office 5 July 1945 – 11 March 1974
Preceded by	Will Thorne
Succeeded by	Nigel Spearing
Personal details
Born	Frederick Elwyn Jones (1909-10-24)24 October 1909 Llanelli, Wales
Died	4 December 1989(1989-12-04) (aged 80) Brighton, England
Political party	Labour
Spouse	Pearl Binder ​ (m. 1937)​
Children	3 (including Dan)
Alma mater	University of Wales, Aberystwyth Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge City Law School

Frederick Elwyn Elwyn-Jones, Baron Elwyn-Jones,^[1] CH, PC, QC (24 October 1909 – 4 December 1989), commonly known as Elwyn Jones, was a Welsh barrister and Labour politician.