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David Davies (Dewi Emlyn)
David Davies may refer to: Politics *David Davies (industrialist) (1818–1890), also known as David Davies Llandinam, MP for Cardigan, 1874–1885, and Cardiganshire, 1885–1886 *David Davies (Australian politician) (c. 1840–1894), politician in colonial Victoria, Australia *David Davies (textile merchant) (1852–1934), Liberal politician, MP for Denbigh 1918–1922 *Sir David Davies (dairyman) (1870–1958), Conservative politician *David Lewis Davies (1873–1937), British Member of Parliament for Pontypridd, 1931–1937 *Dai Davies (trade unionist) (1909–1998), Labour Party official and general secretary of the ISTC *Dai Davies (politician) (born 1959), Independent Member of the UK Parliament for Blaenau Gwent 2006–2010 *David TC Davies (born 1970), Welsh Conservative politician, and British Member of Parliament elected in 2005 *David Richard Seaborne Davies (1904–1984), Welsh legal academic, briefly a British Liberal Party Member of Parliament in 1945 *David Arthur Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Davies (industrialist)
David Davies (18 December 1818 – 20 July 1890) was a Coal industry in Wales, Welsh industrialist and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons between 1874 and 1886. Davies was often known as David Davies Llandinam (from the place of his birth, Llandinam in Montgomeryshire).Ivor Bulmer-Thomas: ''Top Sawyer: David Davies of Llandinam'' (Golden Grove, Carmarthen, 1988) He is best remembered today for founding Barry Docks. Early life Davies was the son of David Davies and his wife Elizabeth and the eldest of nine children. He attended the day school at Llandinam but was primarily self-educated. He began work as a Sawyer (occupation), sawyer and went into agriculture, working alongside his father, who died when David was aged 20, leaving him to take charge of the family. He was successful from an early age and in 1848 took over a larger farm called Tynymaen, which later became the home farm of the Plasdinam esta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
