Elias Wynne Cemlyn-Jones

Captain Sir Elias Wynne Cemlyn-Jones (16 May 1888 – 6 June 1966), known as Wynne Cemlyn-Jones, was a Welsh Liberal Party politician.

Background He was the son of Anglesey farmer John Cemlyn-Jones of Brynbella, Penmaenmawr. He was educated at Shrewsbury School. In 1914, he married Muriel Gwendolin Owen. They had two sons and two daughters. His wife died in 1930.

Professional career In 1912, he became Private Secretary to Anglesey's Liberal MP Sir Ellis Griffith, when he was appointed Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department. He supported Griffith in his task of steering the Welsh Disestablishment Bill through the House of Commons. He was admitted to the Middle Temple on 16 July 1913. In 1914, after the bill was passed and war broke out, he signed up to serve in the Royal Welch Fusiliers. He was Called to the Bar at Middle Temple on 17 November 1919 and was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1919 New Year Honours.

He did not contest the 1924 General Election, when the South Croydon seat became a 2-way contest between Unionist and Labour. He became Chairman of Anglesey County Council. He was Chairman of the Selection Committee of Anglesey County Council. He was vice-president of County Councils Association. He was knighted in the 1941 New Year Honours, for public services in Anglesey.

He died at Llandudno Hospital in Wales, age 79.