Ivor Roberts-Jones, RA was a British sculptor. He is best known for his sculpted heads of notable people such as Yehudi Menuhin

Yehudi Menuhin

Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE was a Russian Jewish American violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in the United Kingdom. He was born to Russian Jewish parents in the United States, but became a citizen of Switzerland in 1970, and of the United Kingdom in 1985...

 and George Thomas, Viscount Tonypandy.

He was born in Oswestry

Oswestry

Oswestry is a town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border. It is at the junction of the A5, A483, and A495 roads....

, where one of his works, "The Borderland Farmer", stands in the town centre. He studied at Oswestry School

Oswestry School

Oswestry School is a co-educational independent school, located in the town of Oswestry, Shropshire, England. Founded in 1407 by David Holbache and his wife Guinevere Holbache, it is the second oldest non-denominational school in England....

 and Worksop College

Worksop College

Worksop College is a co-educational day and boarding school for boys and girls aged 13 to 18 in England. Worksop is split into eight houses - Talbot, Mason, Portland, Pelham and Shirley for boys and Gibbs, Derry and School House for girls.- Origins :...

 before attending Goldsmiths College, London and the Royal Academy of Arts. During the Second World War he served in Burma. From 1964 he taught sculpture at Goldsmiths. In 1971 he was commissioned to produce the full-length statue

Statue of Winston Churchill, Parliament Square

thumb|right|The statue of Winston Churchill, on the north east corner of Parliament SquareThe statue of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square, London, is a bronze sculpture of former Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill created by Ivor Roberts-Jones. It is located in a spot referred to in the...

 of Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

which now stands in Parliament Square, London.