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W. Emrys Pride (1904- ), civil servant, Labour councillor and historian. He was born in Penygraig, Rhondda, Glamorgan, the son of Edward M. Pride, head teacher of Duffryn School, Ferndale. Emrys received his education at Porth County School and Imperial College of Science and Technology (London University). He married Winifred Eluned Williams, daughter of Thomas Williams, of Pantsteddfa Farm, Ystrad Rhondda. He became Inspector of Factories (Home Office) for Plymouth, Devon, and then Swansea, Glamorgan, eventually rising to Principal at the Home Office and Cabinet Secretariat (Key Points Section). He retired from the civil service in 1978. He was Labour Ccouncillor for the City of Cardiff until 1976, and also wrote and lectured on economic history, publishing Tinman's progress (1966), Carrying coals to Whitehall (1974), Rhondda my valley brave (1975), Why Lloyd George met Hitler (1981) and Pride in Britain's high-tech progress (1985), as well as numerous articles on government policy and history.
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Papers, 1981, enclosed in the book Why Lloyd George met Hitler by Emrys Pride (Risca, 1981) which was presented to Dr Elwyn Davies.
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