Robyn Léwis

Robyn Léwis (October 1929 – 12 August 2019)[2] was a Welsh author, politician and former archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales.

Born Robyn Lewis, he studied at Pwllheli Grammar School and University College of Wales, Aberystwyth before becoming a solicitor and barrister.

He became active in the Labour Party and stood, unsuccessfully, in Denbigh at the 1955 general election.

[6] In this role, he inducted future Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams as a Bard of the Gorsedd.

[7] Léwis resigned from Plaid Cymru in 2006, in protest at the acceptance of an OBE by Elinor Bennett, the wife of Dafydd Wigley, a former leader of Plaid Cymru.