HUMPHREYS-OWEN
,
ARTHUR CHARLES
(
1836
-
1905
),
Member of Parliament
;
b. at
Garthmyl, Mont.
,
9 Nov. 1836
, son of
Erskine
Humphreys
,
barrister
;
A. J.
Johnes
(q.v.)
was his maternal uncle. In
1876
, he inherited the estates of the
Owens
of
Glansevern
(formerly of
Cefn-hafodau
— see under
Owen
of
Cefn-hafodau
), and took the name ‘
Humphreys-Owen
.’ From
Harrow
he went to
Trinity College
,
Cambridge
, where he graduated in
1860
; he was
called to the Bar
in
1863
. He took a prominent part in the public life of his county and of
Wales
, especially in the
promotion of secondary and higher education
. He was
M.P.
for the county from
1894 till 1905
,
chairman
of the
Central Welsh Board for Intermediate Education
from
1896 till 1905
, an active supporter of the
University College of Wales
and of the
University of Wales
which he had done much to bring into being. In politics, he was a convinced
Liberal
. He d.
9 Dec. 1905
.
Bibliography:
-
F. E. Hamer
in
Welsh Political and Educational Leaders in
the Victorian Era
, 1908
(ed.
Vyrnwy Morgan
),
1908
;
-
Venn
,
Alumni Cantabrigienses
.
Author:
Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, C.B.E., D.Litt., Ll.D.,
F.S.A., (1881-1969), Bangor
