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Alfred Davies (other)
Alfred Davies may refer to: Politicians *Alfred Davies (Carmarthen MP) (1848–1907), British Liberal Party politician, Member of Parliament for Carmarthen 1900–1906 *Sir Alfred Davies (Lincoln MP) (1881–1941), MP for Lincoln 1918–1924 *Alfred Davies (Labour politician) (1871–1940), British Labour Party politician, Member of Parliament for Clitheroe 1918–1922 Footballers *Alfred Davies (footballer) Alfred Davies (1850 – 6 April 1891) was a Welsh amateur footballer who played most of his football career with Wrexham, with whom he won the inaugural Welsh Cup in 1878. Playing at outside-left, he also made two appearances for Wales in 1876 ... (1850–1891), Welsh amateur footballer, played for Wrexham * Alfred Owen Davies, Welsh footballer, played for Crewe Alexandra F.C. Other people * Sir Alfred Davies (civil servant) (1861–1949), education official * Alf Davies (died 1951), Welsh trade unionist {{hndis, name=Davies, Alfred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Davies (Carmarthen MP)
Alfred Davies (14 October 1848 – 27 September 1907), was a British Liberal Party politician and businessman. Davies founded the British freight forwarding company Davies Turner in 1870 which claimed in 2013 to be the largest independent freight forwarding company operating in Great Britain. Background Alfred Davies was the fourth son of Rev. John Davies, a Welsh Congregational Minister in London. His father was a farmer's son from Penygraig, Carmarthenshire, who had commenced preaching at sixteen, and progressed from Carmarthen Grammar School and the nonconformist Academy at Newport Pagnall to be the minister of Albany Chapel, Regent's Park, and Marsh- street, Walthamstow. His mother, Mary Kidman Foster, belonged to a prominent nonconformist family in Cambridgeshire,. He was educated at Mill Hill School and at Rickmansworth. He married in 1877, Lydia Edith Death of Burnt Mill, Essex. Career At the age of seventeen, Davies left school and began working in the offices of a st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Davies (Lincoln MP)
Sir Alfred Thomas Davies, CBE, JP, DL (17 July 1881 – 16 November 1941) was a British Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization i ... politician. Educated at the London Polytechnic, Davies joined the family business and became the chairman of its board of directors. During the First World War, his work for the Welsh Prisoners of War Fund and for the Welsh Soldiers Service Service at Westminster Abbey was rewarded with an appointment as a CBE. He was first elected for Lincoln (UK Parliament constituency), Lincoln in 1918 with the Coalition Coupon as a supporter of the government, unseating the Liberal incumbent Charles Roberts (British politician), Charles Roberts. He was re-elected twice, with increased majorities. As MP, he undertook government missions abro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Davies (Labour Politician)
Alfred Davies (1871 – 3 December 1940) was a British Labour Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1918 to 1922. Born in Stockport, Davies became a cotton spinner, working in Hollingworth. He became active in the Hyde Operative Cotton Spinners' Association, serving on its executive. Davies was elected at the 1918 general election as the Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ... (MP) for the Clitheroe division of Lancashire, but was defeated at the 1922 general election. He contested the seat again in 1923, but without success. References External links * 1871 births 1940 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1918–1922 People from Clitheroe United Textile Factory Workers' Associatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Davies (footballer)
Alfred Davies (1850 – 6 April 1891) was a Welsh amateur footballer who played most of his football career with Wrexham, with whom he won the inaugural Welsh Cup in 1878. Playing at outside-left, he also made two appearances for Wales in 1876 and 1877. Football career Born in Wrexham, Davies was a keen cricketer and a member of the Wrexham Cricket Club. On 28 September 1872, in search of a sporting activity for the winter months, he attended a meeting held at the Turf Hotel in Wrexham, which led to the formation of the Wrexham Association Football Club. In the early days of Wrexham Football Club, the teams would field as many as 16 players with the goal-posts being connected by a tape. At this time, Davies was described as "a robust half-back who backed up the forwards well". In February 1876, he took part in trials organised by Llewelyn Kenrick to select Welsh players to represent their country in a match against Scotland. The match was played at Hamilton Crescent, Partick, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Owen Davies
Alfred Davies (1863 – 8 September 1932 ) was a Welsh international footballer. He was part of the Wales national football team between 1885 and 1890, playing 9 matches. He played his first match on 11 April 1885 against Ireland and his last match on 15 March 1890 against England. At club level, he played for Crewe Alexandra See also * List of Wales international footballers (alphabetical) The Wales national football team has represented Wales in international association football since 1876, making it the third oldest international football team. They played their first official match on 25 March 1876, four years after England ... References External links * * 1863 births Welsh footballers Wales international footballers Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Place of birth missing 1932 deaths Association football defenders Swifts F.C. players Wrexham A.F.C. players {{Wales-footy-defender-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Davies (civil Servant)
Sir Alfred Thomas Davies, KBE, CB, DL, JP (11 March 1861 – 21 April 1949) was a British civil servant, solicitor and local politician. Born on 11 March 1861 at Liverpool, he attended the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, before practising as a solicitor in Liverpool from 1883 to 1907. In the meantime, he was involved in the temperance movement and sat on local government committees. From 1904 to 1907, he was a councillor on the Denbighshire County Council. Having been a member of that council's education committee, he was appointed the Permanent Secretary of the newly established Welsh Department in the national Board of Education. He retired in 1925,Robert Thomas Jenkins"Davies, Sir Alfred Thomas" ''Dictionary of Welsh Biography'' (National Library of Wales, 2001). Retrieved 2 February 2022. having been appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1917 and a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in 1918. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
