Aubrey Jones

Aubrey Jones (20 November 1911 – 10 April 2003)[1] was a British Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament for Birmingham Hall Green from 1950 to 1965.

[1][2] During his time at university he joined the Liberal Party, only to leave "after having heard a speech by Sir Archibald Sinclair.

An initial stint as a reporter for the Western Mail led, in 1937, to his recruitment by The Times, where he worked firstly as a sub-editor and then, two years later, as a correspondent in Berlin.

[6] After leaving the Prices and Incomes Board in October 1970, he became chair of Laporte Industries and a director of Thomas Tilling, Cornhill Insurance and Black & Decker.

[7] At the 1983 general election, he stood as the Liberal candidate for Sutton Coldfield, having rejoined the party in 1980[5] after a hiatus of nearly fifty years.