Baron Davies, politician with a connection to Wales (Powys)
Baron Davies
Liberal MP for Montgomeryshire and philanthropist to University of Wales and Library of Wales.Connection: Born in Llandinam, Powys, Wales.

'Davies of Llandinam, He had this little engine And according to its power It did thirty miles per hour'. Learned in school, Y Drenewydd, Canol Cymru - subject: famous local people. David Davies was a self-made man whose fortune was derived from contracting, coal-owning, railways and the docks. The above ditty is still recited to children by people of the area. Grand daughters Gwendoline Davies (1882-1951) and Margaret Davies (1884-1963), two spinster sisters from mid-Wales amassed one of the great British art collections of the twentieth century.


See my book Welsh Steeplechase Jockeys published by Cwm Nedd Press by Brian Lee. Hywel Davies and other famous Welsh jockeys are listed.

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Baron Davies biography

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