Sir Edgar Rees Jones KBE MP (27 August 1878 – 16 June 1962)[1] was a Welsh barrister[2] and Liberal Party[3] politician.

[4] A Welsh speaker, he was educated in law at the University of Wales[5] and Cardiff University College, receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1900 and Master of Arts degree in 1903;[4] his MA thesis was on "Political theories in England in the Seventeenth Century".

[9] He did not stand for re-election in 1922, and although he stood in Salford South in 1923[10] and Gower in 1931,[11] he never returned to the House of Commons.

[12] Along with fellow Coalition Liberal Lewis Haslam of the Newport constituency, Jones played a minor role in the discussions behind the Government of Ireland Bill.

[3] Haslam in particular was strongly opposed to giving the Irish Parliament control of its own taxes.