John Jones Jenkins, 1st Baron Glantawe was a Welsh tin-plate manufacturer and Liberal politician. Having commenced working at the Upper Forest Tinplate Works in Morriston, at the age of fifteen, he en
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Lord Glantawe caricatured by WHO for Vanity Fair, 16 November 1910
Caerfyrddin (constituency)
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Caerfyrddin, also known as Carmarthen, is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, first contested at the 2024 general election, following the 2023 review of Westminster constituen
John Jones Jenkins, 1st Baron Glantawe
…and Carmarthenshire and Mayor of Swansea three times, in 1869, 1879 and 1880. He was knighted on 17 May 1882. He stood unsuccessfully for parliament at Carmarthen in 1880, but was elected Member of Parliament for the constituency in a by-election in 1882. Jenkins held the seat until 1886 when he joined the Liberal…
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