National Gorsedd of Bards. Between 1987 and 1993, Hooson was the President of the International Eisteddfod, held annually at Llangollen. A farmer, Hooson was a member of an old North Wales agricultural family. He was a cousin (and political opponent) of Tom Hooson, a Conservative MP who died in 1985. Lord and Lady Hooson also held the position of President of Llidiartywaen Young Farmers Club for many years. Until his ill health, an annual occurrence was the young farmers being invited in every Christmas Eve to sing carols around the fireside. Lady Hooson died in 2018. Honours See also A Very English Scandal (TV series) References Sources Books and Journals The Times Guide to the House of Commons, Times Newspapers Ltd, 1950 & 1966 ''Derec Llwyd Morgan Ed (2014) Emlyn Hooson, Essays and Reminiscences, Gomer External links Official parliament.uk biography 1925 births 2012 deaths Royal Navy personnel of World War II Liberal Party (UK) MPs for Welsh constituencies Liberal Party (UK) life peers Liberal Democrats (UK) life peers Welsh King's Counsel Members of Gray's Inn Welsh barristers UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 UK MPs 1970–1974 UK MPs 1974 UK MPs 1974–1979 Alumni of Aberystwyth University Presidents of the National Eisteddfod of Wales 20th-century Welsh lawyers Politicians from Denbighshire People from Montgomeryshire