Ted Williams (politician)

Sir Edward John Williams KCMG PC (1 July 1890 – 16 May 1963) was a British Labour Party politician and diplomat.

He attended school in Victoria and Hopkinstown, leaving without being able to read, and started work at Waunllwyd colliery, Ebbw Vale, at the age of 12.

[1] Keen to educate himself, he rose to become secretary to a colliery company and in 1913 entered the Labour College in London as a student.

[2] He was elected as the MP for Ogmore at a by-election in May 1931, and represented the constituency until 1946.

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