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Revision as of 12:50, 8 June 2006 by Nigel45 (talk | contribs) (correction of constituency)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Edward "Ted" Rowlands, Baron Rowlands is a politician in Wales. Born 23rd January 1940 he attended Rhondda Grammar School and Wirral Grammar School. He attended King's College in London where he obtained a BA in History in 1962. He was first elected to Parliament in 1966 as MP for Cardiff North representing the Labour Party but lost his seat in 1970. He was elected to represent Merthyr Tydfil at the by-election in 1972 that arose after the death of the long standing MP S.O. Davies. Ted Rowlands served as member of Parliamentfor Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney until he stepped down in 2001. He was appointed a CBE in 2002. He had served as a junior minister under the James Callaghan government.
In a debate on the Falklands War on 3 April, 1982, Rowlands revealed that the British were reading Argentine diplomatic traffic. Rowlands was criticised for revealing this intelligence source, as the likely result of his disclosure was that the Argentinians would secure their systems and the intelligence would dry up.
In June 2004 he was given a life peerage, as Baron Rowlands, of Merthyr Tydfil and of Rhymney in the County of Mid-Glamorgan.
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