Edward Millward
Edward Glynne Millward (born June 1930) is a former Welsh nationalist politician.
Millward studied at Cathays High School in Cardiff and then the University College of South Wales, before becoming a lecturer.[1] He became active in Plaid Cymru,
Millward stood for the party twice in Cardiganshire at the 1966 general election and Montgomeryshire in 1970, but was not elected.[1] In 1966, he was elected as Vice-President of Plaid,[2] but he surprised many when he stood down in 1968,[3] in order to tutor Prince Charles in the Welsh language ahead of his investiture as Prince of Wales. This took place over nine weeks at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.[4]
Millward subsequently served as Plaid's spokesperson on water policy, in which role he advocated non-violent direct action against the construction of new reservoirs.[5] In 1976, he was libelled by Willie Hamilton, who claimed that he had been involved in terrorist activities while tutoring Charles; he received £1000 in a settlement.[6]
Millward subsequently focused on his career as an academic, lecturing in Welsh at Aberystwyth. In the early 1980s, he supported Gwynfor Evans' successful campaign for a Welsh language television station.[7] In 2003, he launched a campaign for a centre to commemorate Dafydd ap Gwilym.[8]
References
- ^ a b The Times Guide to the House of Commons 1970, p.164
- ^ Knut Diekmann, Die Nationalistische Bewegung in Wales, p.585
- ^ John Humphries, Freedom fighters: Wales's forgotten 'war', 1963-1993, p.96
- ^ "Charles termed serious, hard-working student", Leader-Post, 24 May 1969, p.1
- ^ Alan Butt Philip, The Welsh Question, p.122
- ^ "Hamilton to pay £1000 for libel", Glasgow Herald, 12 February 1976, p.2
- ^ Susan Loth, "Minor languages dying", Lewiston Tribune, 25 June 1981, p.4A
- ^ "Memorial plan to honour poet after 600 years", Western Mail, 13 June 2003
