Juliet Rhys-Williams

Who was Juliet Rhys-Williams?

Juliet Evangeline, Lady Rhys-Williams, DBE, DStJ née Glyn, was a British writer, and a Liberal Party politician who later joined the Conservative Party.

She began her political career as private secretary to the Director of Training and Staff Duties at the Admiralty in 1918, becoming private secretary to the Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Transport, 1919-1920.

As a member of the Liberal Party, she contested Pontypridd and Ilford North, holding the post of Honorary Secretary of the Women's Liberal Federation in 1943. Her ideas on income tax reform were taken up by the Liberal Party and published as a Liberal Party Yellow Book.

She left the Liberals in 1945 and joined the Conservative Party, becoming an influential member of the Monday Club. During this time she corresponded with many politicians including Harold Macmillan about political and economic issues.

Following World War II, Lady Rhys-Williams became Honorary Secretary of the Economic Section, Congress of Europe and the Hague in 1948, Honorary Secretary of the United Europe Movement, 1947–1958, and Chairman from 1958.