 david rees rees-williams, 1st baron ogmore, pc, td (22 november 1903 â 30 august 1976) was a british politician. ==life and career== rees-williams was born in bridgend, wales, the son of jennet (nÃ©e david) and david reese williams. he qualified as a solicitor in 1929. commissioned into the 6th (territorial army) battalion, welch regiment, he was promoted captain in 1936 and major in 1938, by which time his battalion had become a searchlight unit. he transferred to the royal artillery in 1940, when all searchlight units did so, and ended the second world war as a lieutenant-colonel. rees-williams was elected labour member of parliament for croydon south in 1945, defeating the incumbent mp, sir herbert williams. in the government he was a minister in the colonial office, travelling to east asia to consider the movements towards independence. his seat was redistributed at the end of the parliament and he narrowly lost the successor seat at the 1950 general election and was raised to the peerage as baron ogmore, of bridgend in the county of glamorgan, on 10 july 1950. he served as minister of civil aviation in 1951 and was made a privy councillor the same year. lord ogmore was president of the london welsh trust, which runs the london welsh centre, gray's inn road, from 1955 until 1959. lord ogmore joined the liberal party in 1959 and served as liberal par
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