Baron Ogmore
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Baron Ogmore, of Bridgend in the County of Glamorgan, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

. It was created in 1950 for David Rees-Williams
David Rees-Williams, 1st Baron Ogmore
David Rees Rees-Williams, 1st Baron Ogmore, PC, TD was a Welsh politician.Rees-Williams was born in Bridgend, Wales. He qualified as a solicitor in 1929 and married and had three children...

, a Welsh
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 Labour
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, and later, Liberal
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 politician. the title is held by his younger son, the third Baron, who succeeded his elder brother in 2004.

The first Baron Ogmore was also the father of the Hon. Elizabeth Rees-Williams
Elizabeth Rees-Williams
Joan Elizabeth Rees-Williams, The Hon. Mrs. Aitken , is a Welsh socialite. She had two film roles around her early 40s.She was born in Cardiff, daughter of the politician David Rees-Williams, 1st Baron Ogmore....

 and the grandfather of the actor Jared Harris
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.

Barons Ogmore (1950)

  • David Rees Rees-Williams, 1st Baron Ogmore
    David Rees-Williams, 1st Baron Ogmore
    David Rees Rees-Williams, 1st Baron Ogmore, PC, TD was a Welsh politician.Rees-Williams was born in Bridgend, Wales. He qualified as a solicitor in 1929 and married and had three children...

    (1903–1976)
  • Gwilym Rees Rees-Williams, 2nd Baron Ogmore (1931–2004)
  • Morgan Rees Rees-Williams, 3rd Baron Ogmore (b. 1937)
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