Loveday Carlyon

Kathleen Loveday Carlyon (née Hoare; 1948 – 2 December 2025) was a Cornish nationalist politician and former Leader of Mebyon Kernow.[1]

Originally from Torpoint, Carlyon joined Mebyon Kernow. She married fellow party member Julyan Holmes and moved to Liskeard. Carlyon was soon elected to the town council, and became a prominent spokesperson for the organisation, in particular commenting on local food production, as a member of the Cornish Association of Smallholders and Producers. Elected leader of Mebyon Kernow in 1986, Loveday Carlyon was successful in campaigning for the retention of Cornish language translations on road signs around Liskeard.[2] She stood down as party leader in 1989, but remained politically active, and by 2014 was chair of St Keyne parish council.[2][3] Carlyon died on 2 December 2025.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Loveday Carlyon" (PDF). Cornish Nation. April 2026. Retrieved 19 May 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. 1 2 Bernard Deakin and Gary Tregidga, Mebyon Kernow and Cornish Nationalism, p.131
  3. ↑ "Lightning Strikes at Village Church", Cornish Times, 10 January 2014
  4. ↑ "The obituary notice of Kathleen Loveday CARLYON". funeral-notices.co.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  5. ↑ Press Office (2 January 2026). "A tribute to former MK Chair Loveday Carlyon". Mebyon Kernow – The Party for Cornwall. Retrieved 7 March 2026.


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