Sir Goronwy Hopkin Daniel KCVO (21 March 1914 – 17 January 2003) was a Welsh academic and civil servant.
Born at Ystradgynlais, Brecknockshire, Wales, Daniel was educated at Pontardawe Grammar School, Amman Valley County School[1] and University of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he gained a first-class degree.
He joined the civil service in 1943, rising to Chief Statistician in the Ministry of Fuel and Power and eventually to Permanent Under-Secretary at the Welsh Office when it was set up in 1964.
[1] In 1969 he returned to Aberystwyth to become Principal of the University College of Wales, and was knighted the same year.
[2] In 1982 he was appointed Chairman of the Welsh Fourth Channel Authority,[3] having been one of the prime movers in its creation.