Former Welsh Secretary Nicholas Edwards dies aged 84

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Nicholas Edwards
Monday 19 March 2018 at 3:23pm

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The death of Nicholas Edwards, Lord Crickhowell, has been announced in the House of Lords.

He died on Saturday, aged 84.

Nicholas Edwards was Margaret Thatcher's Welsh Secretary for eight years from 1979 to 1987.

Here is how our Political Editor Adrian Masters summed up his career when Lord Crickhowell received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Welsh Political Awards in 2012.