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 United University Club, London | (aged 64)
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 sessionsand a Justice of the Peace, Davies died at the United University gentlemen's club in London. [2] [3]
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