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

1. 1 2 The Times Guide to the House of Commons 1970, p.164
2. ↑ Knut Diekmann, Die Nationalistische Bewegung in Wales, p.585
3. ↑ John Humphries, Freedom fighters: Wales's forgotten 'war', 1963-1993, p.96
4. ↑ "Charles termed serious, hard-working student", Leader-Post, 24 May 1969, p.1
5. ↑ Alan Butt Philip, The Welsh Question, p.122
6. ↑ "Hamilton to pay £1000 for libel", Glasgow Herald, 12 February 1976, p.2
7. ↑ Susan Loth, "Minor languages dying", Lewiston Tribune, 25 June 1981, p.4A
8. ↑ "Memorial plan to honour poet after 600 years", Western Mail, 13 June 2003