Sir Richard Harries Davies (28 June 1916 – 29 January 1995) was a member of the Household of the Duke of Edinburgh of the

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Education

Davies was educated at Porth County School, and Cardiff Technical School. He graduated with a

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, and was a

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( CEng) and a FIEE.

Career

He was a member of the Scientific Civil Service 1939-1946, and was in the British Air Commission,

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, 1944-1945. After

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he joined

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, and was vice-president of Ferranti Electric Ltd 1948-1963, and a director of Ferranti Ltd 1970-1976. In 1977 he joined the Household of the Duke of Edinburgh of

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The

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as Assistant Private Secretary. He was acting Private Secretary and

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following the death of

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in 1982, and retired in 1984, when he became an Extra

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. Davies was made a

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in 1962, and a CVO in 1982. He was advanced to KCVO in 1984.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Davies, Richard 1916 births 1995 deaths 20th-century British businesspeople Equerries Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Members of HM Scientific Civil Service Members of the British Royal Household