Alun Jones, Baron Chalfont
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Alun Arthur Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont, OBE, MC
, PC
(born 5 December 1919) is a British
politician.
Jones was educated at West Monmouth School, and subsequently at the School of Slavonic Studies in the University of London. He was a Minister in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
from 1964 to 1970 and appointed to the Privy Council
in the former year. He also authored several military history
books regarding various subjects, including the Napoleonic Wars
.
Having been created Baron Chalfont, of Llantarnam
in the County of Monmouthshire
on 11 November 1964, his life peerage is the most senior extant (since the death of Lord Shawcross
in 2003), and Lord Chalfont is higher in the order of precedence
than several hereditary barons whose inherited titles postdate his.
He contributed an article on The Strategic Defence Initiative to the Conservative Monday Club
's October 1985 Conservative Party Conference issue of their newspaper, Right Ahead. Lord Chalfont is a former chairman of the Radio Authority which regulated commercial radio in the UK until its role was absorbed by Ofcom
. Lord Chalfont set up the Institute for the Study of Terrorism with Jillian Becker
in 1985.
He had been granted a permanent leave of absence which was terminated on 9 June 2008.
Military Cross
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, PC
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
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(born 5 December 1919) is a British
United Kingdom
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politician.
Jones was educated at West Monmouth School, and subsequently at the School of Slavonic Studies in the University of London. He was a Minister in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, commonly called the Foreign Office or the FCO is a British government department responsible for promoting the interests of the United Kingdom overseas, created in 1968 by merging the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Office.The head of the FCO is the...
from 1964 to 1970 and appointed to the Privy Council
Privy council
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in the former year. He also authored several military history
Military history
Military history is a humanities discipline within the scope of general historical recording of armed conflict in the history of humanity, and its impact on the societies, their cultures, economies and changing intra and international relationships....
books regarding various subjects, including the Napoleonic Wars
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...
.
Having been created Baron Chalfont, of Llantarnam
Llantarnam
Llantarnam is a community and suburb of Cwmbran in the county borough of Torfaen in southeast Wales.Llantarnam Abbey is a Cistercian abbey founded in 1179 as a daughter house of Strata Florida Abbey...
in the County of Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire (historic)
Monmouthshire , also known as the County of Monmouth , is one of thirteen ancient counties of Wales and a former administrative county....
on 11 November 1964, his life peerage is the most senior extant (since the death of Lord Shawcross
Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross
Hartley William Shawcross, Baron Shawcross, GBE, PC, KC was a British barrister and politician and the lead British prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes tribunal.- Early life :...
in 2003), and Lord Chalfont is higher in the order of precedence
Order of precedence in England and Wales
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than several hereditary barons whose inherited titles postdate his.
He contributed an article on The Strategic Defence Initiative to the Conservative Monday Club
Conservative Monday Club
The Conservative Monday Club is a British pressure group "on the right-wing" of the Conservative Party.-Overview:...
's October 1985 Conservative Party Conference issue of their newspaper, Right Ahead. Lord Chalfont is a former chairman of the Radio Authority which regulated commercial radio in the UK until its role was absorbed by Ofcom
Ofcom
Ofcom is the government-approved regulatory authority for the broadcasting and telecommunications industries in the United Kingdom. Ofcom was initially established by the Office of Communications Act 2002. It received its full authority from the Communications Act 2003...
. Lord Chalfont set up the Institute for the Study of Terrorism with Jillian Becker
Jillian Becker
Jillian Becker is a novelist, prize-winning story-writer, critic, journalist, lecturer, best known internationally as a writer, researcher, and authority on the subject of terrorism.-Life:...
in 1985.
He had been granted a permanent leave of absence which was terminated on 9 June 2008.
Publications
- 1976 Montgomery of Alamein. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
- 1979 Waterloo; battle of three armies: Anglo-Dutch by William Seymour; French by Jacques Champagne; Prussian by E. Kaulbach; prologue & epilogue by Lord Chalfont; edited by Lord Chalfont. London: Sidgwick and Jackson
- 1985 Star Wars: suicide or survival? London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
- 1987 Defence of the Realm. London: Collins
- 1989 By God's Will: a portrait of the Sultan of Brunei. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
- 2000 The Shadow of my Hand . London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson (autobiography)