Dictionary of Welsh Biography

CUDLIPP, PERCY (1905 - 1962), journalist him to tense editorial restrictions which he resented and fought, but the paper, then the mouthpiece of the Socialist left, was obliged generally to support policies approved by the Trades Union Congress and the Labour Party. Under such strains he moved to the Liberal News Chronicle where he was a columnist, 1954-56. He again moved to be editor of New Scientist from its foundation in 1956. Fleet
DAFYDD ab IEUAN ab IORWERTH (d. 1503), bishop of St Asaph According to the pedigrees, he was descended from Tudur ap Rhys Sais. The family was seated in Trefor, near Llangollen, perhaps in ' Gavella Rosseriet ' (G. P. Jones, Extent of Chirkland, 15). He became warden of Ruthin and abbot of Valle Crucis, succeeding in the latter office John ap Richard (Peniarth MS 176 (53)). As abbot, he was a liberal patron of the bards, and both Gutun Owain and Guto'r
DANIEL, JOHN EDWARD (1902 - 1962), college lecturer and inspector of schools early efforts. He shared their challenging spirit and their keen criticism of current theological thinking, creating thereby fierce opposition. However, Daniel was the most able interpreter of the reaction against the liberal theology movement in Wales. Despite this, his literary contribution to this field was sparse. He published Dysgeidiaeth yr Apostol Paul (1933) and a handful of articles in
DAVIES, ALUN TALFAN (1913 - 2000), barrister, judge, politician, publisher and businessman candidate in the 1943 University of Wales parliamentary by-election, coming third behind the successful Liberal candidate W. J. Gruffydd and Saunders Lewis. He tried unsuccessfully to get the Liberal nomination for Cardiganshire in the general election of July 1945. In the October 1959 and 1964 general elections he was the Liberal candidate for Carmarthenshire, but the sitting Labour MP Lady Megan Lloyd
DAVIES, CLEMENT EDWARD (1884 - 1962), politician and later acted as an adviser to the Board. In 1929 Davies was elected Liberal M.P. for Montgomeryshire and he represented the county for the rest of his life. He joined the National Liberals in 1931 but rejoined the Liberal Party in 1941. During World War II he was a strong supporter of the coalition Government. He was leader of the Liberal Party from 1945 to 1956. He was zealous in his support for
DAVIES, DAVID (1791 - 1864), Independent minister and Academy tutor David Jeremy of Trefynys (Peniel), and took a large farm near Abergwili (managed mainly by his wife); they had thirteen children. In 1835, on the resignation of David Peter, he became principal and theology tutor at Carmarthen, but by 1854 it was felt that he was no longer fully up to the mark, and he was persuaded to resign in 1855. He died 31 July 1864. Theologically he was a liberal Calvinist, and
DAVIES, DAVID (1880 - 1944) Llandinam, first BARON DAVIES (created 1932) of age as Liberal member for Montgomeryshire, resigning his seat in 1929. In World War I, he raised and commanded the 14th Battalion, the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, at home and in France until 1916, when he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to David Lloyd George. His name will be inseparably connected with his two main public interests-the Welsh campaign against tuberculosis and the international
DAVIES, DAVID (1818 - 1890) Llandinam, industrialist and Member of Parliament , and he bought various estates and entered public life. In 1865 he unsuccessfully contested Cardiganshire against another Liberal, but in 1874 and again in 1880 he was returned unopposed for Cardigan district. He was returned in 1885 after a contest, but in 1886 he disagreed with Mr. Gladstone over home rule for Ireland and was defeated by nine votes. He was one of the first governors of the
DAVIES, DAVID JAMES LLEWELFRYN (1903 - 1981), academic lawyer whilst his interest in International Law had been important and had spawned publications, he also developed an expertise in Constitutional and Administrative Law. His journal articles included his published Presidential Address to the SPTL in which he stated his belief in a liberal, rather than narrowly professional, university education for lawyers. He also edited Jenks's Book of English Law in 1953
DAVIES, ELLIS WILLIAM (1871 - 1939), solicitor and politician to make compulsory purchases of land (1917) and Lord Bryce's conference on reforming the House of Lords. At the general election held in December 1918 he lost his seat, after a bitter campaign, to the official candidate of the Liberal and Tory coalition; the Labour candidate was also ahead of him. Then in December 1923 he was elected M.P. (Lib.) for Denbigh division, and was subsequently appointed
DAVIES, GWILYM ELFED (Baron Davies of Penrhys), (1913 - 1992), Labour politician the Rhondda East constituency in parliament from 1959 until February 1974 when he retired from parliament at the time of the creation of a single unified constituency for the Rhondda. His successor as the Labour MP for the Rhondda was T. Alec Jones. Davies was elected secretary of the Miners' Parliamentary Group in 1964, and was chairman of the Welsh Parliamentary Party, 1968-69. He was PPS
DAVIES, HENRY (1753 - 1825), Baptist minister defrayed more than a quarter of the cost of rebuilding Llangloffan chapel, over and above a liberal donation to the pastorate fund and another to the day school there.

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