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Ellis Davies (other)
Ellis Davies may refer to: * Ellis Davies (politician), Welsh politician and lawyer * Ellis Davies (priest), Welsh priest and antiquarian * Ellis Thomas Davies, Welsh Independent minister * Reg Davies (footballer, born 1929) (Ellis Reginald Davies), Welsh footballer {{hndis, Davies, Ellis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellis Davies (politician)
Ellis William Davies (12 April 1871 – 29 April 1939) was a Welsh Liberal Party and later, briefly, Labour Party and Liberal National politician and lawyer. Early life and work Davies was born at Gerlan, Bethesda, Caernarfonshire, the son of David Davies a quarry official. He was educated in Bethesda and at Liverpool College. He worked as a clerk in insurance offices in Wrexham and Sheffield until he qualified as a solicitor in 1899. He passed his final Law Society examination with first-class honours, winning the Law Society prize in 1899, after which he established a law practice in Caernarfon where he lived for the rest of his life. He was also director of several companies and solicitor for the North Wales Quarrymen's Union. He died at Caernarfon in 1939. He founded the Caernarfon solicitor firm - 'Ellis-Davies and Co' that is still in existence today and has his great-grandson as one of the partners. Politics A political radical, Davies was elected to Caernarfonshire C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellis Davies (priest)
Ellis Davies (22 September 1872 – 3 April 1962) was a Welsh priest and antiquarian. His father was Ellis Davies, a Flintshire gardener. Whilst he was young the family moved to Llaniestyn, Caernarfonshire, where he received education at Botwnnog Grammar School. He later studied at St David's College, Lampeter, on a scholarship, graduating in 1895 when he was also ordained, serving as curate in Llansilin. He subsequently moved to Old Colwyn, and to St. Giles, Oxford. There he studied for a B.A. from Worcester College, graduating in 1907, before taking his M.A. in 1911. In 1909 he was appointed vicar of Llanddoged, Denbighshire, before, in 1913, transferring to an appointment at Whitford, Flintshire, where he remained until his retirement in 1951. His wife, Mary Louisa (née Davies, died in 1937. In the same year, he was made a canon of St Asaph Cathedral. He investigated and acquired information about the archaeological remains in the district, and surveyed Penycloddiau h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellis Thomas Davies
Ellis Thomas Davies (March 1822 – 2 April 1895) was a Welsh Independent minister. He was born at Tymawr, Penant Lliw Bach, and grew up in the Llanuwchllyn area, where his father was an elder in the ‘Old Chapel'. He attended school at Weirglodd Wen, tutored by the local minister, Michael Jones. He then continued his education at Brecon College. He had begun to preach in 1842, and in 1847 began to minister to the churches at Llansantsiôr and Moelfre, Conwy, Moelfre. After being ordained the following year, he was appointed to the church at Abergele, where he remained for the rest of his ministry, retiring in 1887. He died in 1895. His written works include a translation of G. B. Johnson's ''Statement of Principles'' (1877), and a book of verse. References 1822 births 1895 deaths 19th-century Welsh clergy People from Llanuwchllyn {{UK-reli-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |