What is Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont?
[[File:Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F021984-0013, Auswärtiges Amt, Staatsminister Großbritannien.jpg|thumb|Chalfont during a visit to West Germany in 1966]] '''Alun Arthur Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|OBE|MC|PC}} (5 December 1919 &ndash; 10 January 2020) was a [[British people|British]] politician. He was a retired [[British Army]] officer and historian. He was awarded the [[Efficiency Medal]] in October 1950. He was a minister in the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] from 1964 to 1970 and appointed to the [[Privy Council]] in the former year. On 27 March 1967, in the [[House of Lords]], Chalfont became the spokesman/figurehead for [[Harold Wilson]]. He was the author of several [[military history]] books on subjects including the [[Napoleonic Wars]]. He retired from the [[House of Lords]] on 10 November 2015. Jones died on 10 January 2020 at the age of 100.<ref>[https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lord-chalfont-obituary-r5r3mgz8d Lord Chalfont obituary] {{paywall}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersC3.htm Leigh Rayment's Peerage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080608044721/http://www.leighrayment.com/peers/peersC3.htm |date=2008-06-08 }} *[http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-chalfont/3309 UK Parliament] {{DEFAULTSORT:Chalfont, Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron}} [[Category:1919 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:British centenarians]] [[Category:British political writers]] [[Category:Welsh historians]] [[Category:British military personnel of World War II]] {{bio-stub}} [[Category:Labour Life Peers]] [[Category:People from Newport]]