Baron Davies, of Llandinam in the

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, is a title in the

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. It was created in 1932 for the Welsh businessman,

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member of parliament and philanthropist, David Davies. He was the grandson and namesake of the prominent industrialist David Davies Llandinam. The second Baron Davies was the son of the first Baron and his first wife, Amy, daughter of L. T. Penman. He married Ruth, daughter of Major William Marshall Dugdale, in 1939. They had two sons. Lord Davies fought in the

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as a major in the

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and was killed on the Western Front in September 1944, aged 29, only three months after succeeding his father in the barony. His three-year-old eldest son, David, inherited the barony shortly before his fourth birthday. As of , the title is held by the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in that year.

Barons Davies (1932)

David Davies, 1st Baron Davies David Davies, 1st Baron Davies (11 May 1880 – 16 June 1944) was a Welsh Liberal Party politician and public benefactor who was MP for Montgomeryshire from 1906 to 1929. He was a grandson of the great Welsh industrialist David Davies. As ...

(1880–1944) *David Davies, 2nd Baron Davies (16 January 1915 – 25 September 1944)''England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995'' * David Davies, 3rd Baron Davies (1940–2024) *David Daniel Davies, 4th Baron Davies (b. 1975) The

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is the current holder's brother, The Hon. Benjamin Michael Graham Davies (b. 1985)

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