Leifchild Stratten Leif-Jones, 1st Baron Rhayader PC (16 January
1862 – 26 September
1939), known as
Leif Jones before his elevation to the peerage in 1932, was a British
Temperance movement leader and
Liberal politician.
Background and education
Jones was born in
St Pancras,
London, the son of the Reverend Thomas Jones (1819-1882), an Independent clergyman, formerly of Morriston,
Swansea, and Jane Jones, daughter of John Jones of Dowlais. He was the younger brother of
David Brynmor Jones (b. 1851), the future Liberal politician, and
John Viriamu Jones (b. 1862), the future scientist. In 1867, when he was five years old, his mother died, and in 1869 his father left London, for health reasons, moving firstly back to Swansea (1870-1877) and afterwards to
Melbourne, Australia (1877-1880), where Leifchild was educated at Scotch School. Afterwards Leifchild became a student in the
University of Oxford (
Trinity college).
Political career
From 1905 to January 1910 Leif Jones served as
Member of Parliament for
Appleby, in
Cumbria.
From December 1910 to 1918 he served as
Member for
Rushcliffe, in
Nottinghamshire. In 1917 he was sworn of the
Privy CouncilFrom 1923 to 1924 and from 1929 to 1931 he served as
Member for
Camborne, in
Cornwall.<ref...
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