Timothy Davies (17 January 1857 – 22 August 1951) was a British Liberal Party politician). He represented

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as a Borough Councillor, Borough Alderman, County Councillor, Mayor and Member of Parliament.

Background

Timothy Davies was born in Llanpumsaint, Carmarthenshire where he spent his childhood years until later moving to Liverpool to become an apprentice in the textile industry.http://vads.ahds.ac.uk/large.php?pic=ahcarmarth01515&page=48&mode=boolean&words=stone&idSearch=boolean&vadscoll=Public+Monuments+and+Sculpture+Association Public Monuments and Sculpture Association: Fountain donated by Timothy Davies to Carmarthen In 1885, he founded his own company in Fulham, London but maintained strong links with Wales as evidenced when he commissioned a stone fountain for

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in 1899.

Political career

In 1896 he was elected a member of Fulham Vestry as a

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. He continued as a councillor of the new Fulham Borough Council in 1900. In 1901 he was elected mayor of the borough council, serving from 1901 to 1902. In 1903 he was appointed a borough alderman.Liberal Year Book 1907 In 1901 he was elected to the London County Council as a Progressive Party candidate, gaining

from the Conservative-backed Moderate party. He was re-elected in 1904 and served until 1907. He was a supporter of the Temperance movement. For many years he had a close friendship with David Lloyd George who had an affair with Davies's wife, Lizzie.''Tempestuous Journey'' by Frank Owen In 1906 he completed his hat-trick of Fulham representation when he gained the parliamentary seat at the General Election; Fulham1885

In 1910, rather than seek re-election at Fulham, he switched constituencies to contest

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in Lincolnshire; Despite failure, he fought the seat again 11 months later; In 1912 he voted against and in 1917 he voted in favour of giving votes to women. In 1916 he supported the introduction of Conscription. In 1918, he was absent during the key Maurice debate.Hansard He sought re-election at the 1918 election but found that the Coalition 'coupon' had been issued to his Unionist opponent; Davies did not stand for Parliament again. As well as serving as an MP Timothy Davies also became a

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and an Income Tax Commissioner. He died in 1951, aged 94.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Davies, Timothy 1857 births 1951 deaths Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Mayors of places in Greater London Members of Fulham Metropolitan Borough Council Members of London County Council Progressive Party (London) politicians UK MPs 1906–1910 UK MPs 1910–1918