Post by Admin on Apr 19, 2022 19:31:00 GMT
John Darwin Hinds, Wales' First Black Mayor
One seaman who turned his back on the sea and went to work in the coal mines was Leonard Hinds. He came over to Barry from Barbados. He married Gwenllian Lloyd, originally from Cardiff, and they had six children. One of them was John Darwin Hinds, the first black county councillor in Barry Town Council, and indeed, in Wales. In the 1960s he was elected Mayor by Glamorgan County Council, and as he had converted to Islam he also became the first Muslim in Britain to hold these positions.
One seaman who turned his back on the sea and went to work in the coal mines was Leonard Hinds. He came over to Barry from Barbados. He married Gwenllian Lloyd, originally from Cardiff, and they had six children. One of them was John Darwin Hinds, the first black county councillor in Barry Town Council, and indeed, in Wales. In the 1960s he was elected Mayor by Glamorgan County Council, and as he had converted to Islam he also became the first Muslim in Britain to hold these positions.
