Llewellyn Heycock, Baron Heycock, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Llewellyn Heycock, Baron Heycock

British politician

Date of Birth: 12-Aug-1905

Place of Birth: Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 13-Mar-1990

Profession: politician, firefighter, railroad engineer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Llewellyn Heycock, Baron Heycock CBE (12 August 1905 – 13 March 1990) was a Welsh local politician, who became a life peer in 1967. Heycock was born in Margam and began his career as an engine driver with the Great Western Railway.
He subsequently rose to a powerful position in South Wales local politics through his trade union connections and membership of the Labour Party, a "personality of transcendent authority".
Despite having himself received little formal education, he became Chairman of the Glamorganshire Education Committee. In April 1967 he was elected as a county councillor to Glamorgan County Council for the Port Talbot East ward.
In 1973 he was elected unopposed as councillor for Margam Central on the new West Glamorgan County Council.He became a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1959, a Commander of the Order of the Hospital of St.
John of Jerusalem (CStJ) in April 1967, and a life peer on 10 July 1967 as Baron Heycock, of Taibach in the Borough of Port Talbot.