abstract:Beddoe is a surname of Welsh origin. At the time of the British Census of 1881 its frequency was highest in Pembrokeshire] ( over 65 times the national average), followed by [[Shropshire, Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, Carmarthenshire, Staffordshire, Cardiganshire and Warwickshire.
But Conservative former Welsh Secretary Lord Crickhowell said the proposals were "at the most rudimentary stage" and the only really positive feature was that former Welsh Development Agency chairman Lord Rowe-Beddoe was a non-executive director.