Paul Vychan Emrys-Evans (1 April 1894 – 26 October 1967) was a British Conservative Party politician.

Having stood unsuccessfully at Leicester West in 1929, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for South Derbyshire in 1931. He served as the constituency's MP until his defeat by a Labour candidate, Arthur Champion, in 1945. Emrys-Evans was Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs from 1942 to 1945.

Paul Emrys-Evans

After Emrys-Evans's death Lord Salisbury wrote of him in The Times (3 November 1967): "There are men who shine in the public eye, whose names are a household word; and there are others of whom the general public knows little or nothing, and who have yet equally the quality of greatness. Of such was Paul Emrys-Evans."

Paul Emrys-Evans

After losing his seat in Parliament Emrys-Evans joined the board of the British South Africa Company, ultimately becoming its President.

Paul Emrys-Evans

Emrys-Evans died in Nice in 1967. A memorial service was held at the Church of St Martin-in-the-Fields on 23 November 1967, led by the Reverend Austen Williams, with the Bishop of Worcester giving an address.

Emrys-Evans's papers are housed at the British Library.

References

Richard Kimber's political science resources: UK General Elections since 1832

External links

The National Portrait Gallery - likenesses of Paul Emrys-Evans

1894 births

1967 deaths

Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies

Foreign Office personnel of World War II

Emrys-Evans,Paul

Ministers in the Churchill wartime government, 1940–1945

UK MPs 1931–1935

UK MPs 1935–1945

Ministers in the Churchill caretaker government, 1945