"[1] Currie-Jones was born on 17 January 1917 in Caernarfon, North Wales, to Grace Currie and Lewis Jones.
[2] He was a fluent Welsh-speaker and went to the Caernarvon County School before graduating from University College, Aberystwyth,[2] where he shared accommodation with Emyr Humphreys.
[4] He became a partner in the legal firm, Rees, Currie-Jones, Davies and Evans, based in Castle Arcade and was also president of the Cardiff and District Law Society.
Against strong opposition to the idea, he persuaded the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the Conservative spokesman on the Welsh language, to back him.
[1] He was awarded a CBE in the 1976 New Year Honours for social and local government services in South Wales.