Huw T. Edwards - Rowen, Conwy, North Wales, UK
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N 53° 13.804 W 003° 51.601
30U E 442591 N 5898209
This large historic marker monument lies in the village of Rowen.
Waymark Code: WM6PYE
Location: North Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/05/2009
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The monument is dedicated to Huw T.Edwards 1892 to 1970. The inscription is in Welsh. Wikipedia describes this important man:
'Huw Thomas Edwards (19 November 1892 – 8 November 1970) was a Welsh trade union leader and politician.
Edwards was a trade unionist who was for many years the most influential figure in the Labour Party in north Wales. He was appointed the first chair of the Council for Wales and Monmouthshire in 1949. He was in favour of a Welsh Parliament but initially did not support the Parliament for Wales campaign in the early 1950s although later he joined the campaign. He opposed the decision to flood the Tryweryn valley to create a reservoir to service Liverpool. In 1956 he bought the Welsh-language periodical, Y Faner, in order to save it from liquidation. In 1958 he resigned from the Council for Wales and in 1959 he left the Labour Party to join Plaid Cymru although he returned to the Labour fold in 1965. He was the first President of the Welsh Language Society.
He published two autobiographical volumes in his native Welsh, Tros y Tresi (1956) and Troi'r Drol (1963). He was also a poet.'
Type of Historic Marker: Slate Monument
Age/Event Date: 11/08/1970
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