Ness Edwards (5 April1897 – 3 May1968) was a WelshLabour Party politician. April 5 is the 95th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (96th in leap years). ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Motto: (Welsh for Wales forever) Anthem: (Welsh for Land of My Fathers) Capital Cardiff (Caerdydd) Largest city Cardiff (Caerdydd) Official language(s) Welsh, English Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP - First Minister Rhodri Morgan AM Unification - by Gruffudd ap Llywelyn 1056... The Labour Party has been, since its founding in the early 20th century, the principal political party of the left in the United Kingdom. ...
He was elected Member of Parliament for Caerphilly at a by-election in 1939 following the death of Labour MP Morgan Jones. Postmaster General from 1950 - 1951. Edwards held the seat until his own death in 1968, when his successor was Fred Evans. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a parliament. ... Caerphilly is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...
References
Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
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Edwards made some profit out of his crops during the years 1888, 1889 and in 1891 and 1892, and his large yield of wheat in those years put him beyond the reach of envious fortune.
John Edwards, Jr., was born in Wales May 15, 1834, and in 1837, at the age of three, came to the United States with his parents, who settled on a farm in Champaign County, Ohio.
Edwards the Horne children were William; Etta, wife of H. Meseke; Mary, wife of Herman Grunewalt; Frances, wife of Herman Britzke; Charles; George and Henry.
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