Howell Idris

Born Pembrokeshire, 2nd son of Benjamin Williams; assumed additional surname of Idris by deed poll, 1893; m 1873, Emeline, d of John Trevena, Pembroke Dock; five s one d. He was an ardent Welsh Nationalist.

He served as Chairman of the Water, Main Drainage and Rivers Committee.

[3] In August 1902, after a four-year break, he was elected again to the LCC for the Progressive Party in the by-election for St Pancras East.

[5] At the 1906 General Election he stood as Liberal candidate for Flint Boroughs, his third attempt to enter parliament, and this time he was successful, winning the seat with an 11% majority over the Conservative candidate John Eldon Banks.

[6] Director First Garden City, Ltd. Chemist and mineral water manufacturer.