Llewellyn Heycock, Baron Heycock
| The Right Honourable The Lord Heycock CBE | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | Llewellyn Heycock 12 August 1905 Margam, Wales |
| Died | 13 March 1990 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | Welsh |
| Political party | Labour |
| Occupation | Politician |
Llewellyn Heycock, Baron Heycock CBE (12 August 1905 – 13 March 1990) was a Welsh local politician, who became a life peer in 1967.
Heycock was born in Margam and began his career as an engine driver with the Great Western Railway. He subsequently rose to a powerful position in South Wales local politics through his trade union connections and membership of the Labour Party, a "personality of transcendent authority".[1] Despite having himself received little formal education, he became Chairman of the Glamorganshire Education Committee.
He became a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1959,[2] a Commander of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (CStJ) in April 1967,[3] and a life peer on 10 July 1967 as Baron Heycock, of Taibach in the Borough of Port Talbot.[4]
References
- ↑ Kenneth O. Morgan - Rebirth of a Nation (1982)
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 41589. p. 10. 30 December 1958. Retrieved 2009-05-30.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 44282. p. 3697. 4 April 1967. Retrieved 2009-05-30.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 44362. p. 7641. 11 July 1967. Retrieved 2009-05-30.