Baron Davies, of Llandinam in the
County of Montgomery, is a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom
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. It was created in 1932 for the
Welsh
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businessman,
Liberal
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Member of Parliament
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and philanthropist,
David Davies. He was the grandson and namesake of the prominent industrialist
David Davies Llandinam.
The second Baron Davies was the son of the first Baron and his first wife, Amy, daughter of L. T. Penman. He married Ruth, daughter of Major William Marshall Dugdale, in 1939. They had two sons. Lord Davies fought in the
Second World War
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as a major in the
Royal Welch Fusiliers
The Royal Welch Fusiliers ( cy, Ffiwsilwyr Brenhinol Cymreig) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, and part of the Prince of Wales' Division, that was founded in 1689; shortly after the Glorious Revolution. In 1702, it was designated ...
and was killed on the Western Front in September 1944, aged 29, only three months after succeeding his father in the barony. His three-year-old eldest son, David, inherited the barony shortly before his fourth birthday.
As of , the title is held by the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in that year.
Barons Davies (1932)
*
David Davies, 1st Baron Davies
David Davies, 1st Baron Davies (11 May 1880 – 16 June 1944) was a Welsh Liberal politician and public benefactor who was MP for Montgomeryshire from 1906 to 1929. He was a grandson of the great Welsh industrialist David Davies. As a phi ...
(1880–1944)
*David Davies, 2nd Baron Davies (16 January 1915 – 25 September 1944)
[''England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995'']
*
David Davies, 3rd Baron Davies (1940–2024)
*David Daniel Davies, 4th Baron Davies (b. 1975)
The
heir presumptive
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is the current holder's brother, The Hon. Benjamin Michael Graham Davies (b. 1985)
Arms
References
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Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Noble titles created in 1932
Peerages created for UK MPs
1932 establishments in the United Kingdom