David Arthur Saunders Davies
David Arthur Saunders Davies | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire | |
| In office 27 December 1842 – 22 May 1857 | |
| Preceded by | George Rice-Trevor John Jones |
| Succeeded by | David Jones David Pugh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 June 1792 |
| Died | 22 May 1857 (aged 64) United University Club, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Maria Philipps (m. 1829) |
David Arthur Saunders Davies (9 June 1792 – 22 May 1857)[1][2] was a British Conservative politician, and barrister.[3]
Saunders Davies was the son of David Davies, a physician, who married Susanna, daughter and heiress of Erasmus Saunders of Pentre. He was educated at Harrow and Oxford.[4] He married Elizabeth Maria, daughter of Colonel Owen Philipps, in 1829.[5] He was admitted to Christ Church, Oxford in 1810, aged 18, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1814 and a Master of Arts in 1817, before being admitted into Lincoln's Inn in 1818.[3]
Davies was elected MP for Carmarthenshire at a by-election in 1842—caused by the death of John Jones of Ystrad—and held the seat until his death in 1857.[2][3][6]
Also a chairman of the Cardiganshire quarter sessions and a Justice of the Peace, Davies died at the United University gentlemen's club in London.[2][3]
References
- ^ Rayment, Leigh (30 December 2017). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "C"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b c Boase, Frederic (2018). Modern English Biography (Volume 1 of 4) A–H. LitRes. p. 1830. ISBN 9785041269647. Retrieved 29 August 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ "Lamented Death of David Arthur Saunders Davies, Esq. M.P." Welshman. 29 May 1857. p. 6. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- ^ "Papers of the Saunders-Davies family of Pentre". Archives Wales. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 521–522. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
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