Edward Thomas John

Edward Thomas John (14 March 1857 – 16 February 1931), known as E.T. John, was a radical Welsh Liberal Party politician who later joined the Labour Party.

Background He was born in Pontypridd on 15 March 1857, the son of John John and Margaret Morgan. He married in 1881, Margaret Rees of Caerwiga Pendoylan, Glamorgan. They had three sons and two daughters.

Career He was a Welsh Nationalist and Pacifist. He served as Liberal Member of Parliament for East Denbighshire from 1910–18. His Welsh Nationalism dominated his early profile in parliament and he wrote a number of publications; Wales, its notable Sons and Daughters; St. David's Day Addresses Delivered Before the Cleveland and Durham Welsh National Society, 1905–1910 , Home Rule for Wales; Addresses to "young Wales" , Cymru a'r Gymraeg. and Wales, its Politics and Economics. He made contributions to Welsh Monthlies and Quarterlies; y Beirniad, y Genedl, Wales, The Welsh Outlook, etc. He was President of the National Union of Welsh Societies, 1916–26, President of the Celtic Congress, 1918–27 and President of the Peace Society, 1924–27. He was a member of the Honourable Society of Cymrodorion, the Cambrian Archæological Society, the Historical Society of West Wales and the Anglesey Antiquarian Society. He served as a Justice of the Peace for the Borough of Middlesbrough.