Tag: Welsh philanthropy

• David Davies, 1st Baron Davies of Llandinam (1880–1944)

  

  The Inheritance of Duty and the Pursuit of Peace Few figures in modern Welsh public life better illustrate the moral tension between inherited wealth and public obligation than David Davies, 1st Baron Davies of Llandinam. Born into one of the most powerful industrial families in Wales, he belonged to a generation that inherited the material…

  Antony David Davies

  Politics

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• David Davies (1818-1890) of Llandinam

  

  Industry, Faith, Infrastructure, and the Making of Modern Wales There are certain nineteenth-century Welshmen whose lives do more than illustrate individual success. They reveal the structural transformation of a nation. David Davies of Llandinam belongs firmly within that category. Born in rural Montgomeryshire in 1818 and dying in 1890, Davies rose from sawyer and small…

  Antony David Davies

  History

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