DAVIES, JOHN LLOYD (1801 - 1860), Blaendyffryn and Alltyrodyn, Llandysul, Cardiganshire, M.P.

Born at Aberystwyth 1 November 1801. He became articled to a solicitor, and at 24 years of age had succeeded to a practice in Newcastle Emlyn.

In 1825 he married Anne, daughter of John Lloyd, Allt-yr-odyn, and through his marriage inherited that estate. He married, secondly, in 1857, Elizabeth Bluett, the only child of Thomas Bluett Hardwicke of Tytherington Grange, Gloucestershire.

He was a J.P. and D.L. for Cardiganshire and Carmarthenshire, and high sheriff of Cardiganshire in 1845. In 1855 he was elected M.P. for the Cardigan boroughs, but he resigned at the general election two years later. He was a Conservative in politics and a zealous member of the Church of England.

During the Rebecca riots he was the chief opposer of the rioters in the Llandysul district. He worked to secure a railway from Carmarthen to Llandysul and succeeded in his efforts.

He died 21 March 1860, at the age of 59 years.

Author

• Nansi Ceridwen Jones

Sources

• Notable Welshmen (1700–1900) (1908)
• Josiah Thomas Jones, Geiriadur Bywgraffyddol o Enwogion Cymru (Aberdâr 1867-70), i, 201-2
• T. R. Roberts, Eminent Welshmen: a short biographical dictionary of Welshmen... from the earliest times to the present (1908)
• W. J. Davies, Hanes Plwyf Llandyssul (1896)
• W. R. Williams, The parliamentary history of the principality of Wales, from the earliest times to the present day, 1541-1895 (Brecknock 1895)
• H. Blackwell, NLW MSS 9254A: A Dictionary of Welsh Biography
• Thomas Nicholas, Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales (London 1872), vol.I
• Thomas Nicholas, Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales (London 1872), vol.II
• T. Morgan, Enwogion Cymreig 1700-1900 (1907)

Further Reading

• Wikipedia Article: John Lloyd Davies

Additional Links

• Wikidata: Q20733551

Published date: 1959

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