William Davies was a Welsh Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...

 politician.

Davies was the son of Thomas Davies of Haverfordwest

Haverfordwest

Haverfordwest is the county town of Pembrokeshire, Wales and serves as the County's principal commercial and administrative centre. Haverfordwest is the most populous urban area in Pembrokeshire, with a population of 13,367 in 2001; though its community boundaries make it the second most populous...

. He was admitted a Solicitor 1848 and became a J.P.

Justice of the Peace

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 and a Deputy Lieutenant

Deputy Lieutenant

In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area; an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county....

 for Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire is a county in the south west of Wales. It borders Carmarthenshire to the east and Ceredigion to the north east. The county town is Haverfordwest where Pembrokeshire County Council is headquartered....

, and a J.P. for Haverfordwest.

Davies stood unsuccessfully for parliament at Pembrokeshire

Pembrokeshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Pembrokeshire was a parliamentary constituency based on the county of Pembrokeshire in Wales. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.- History :...

 at a by-election in 1876 but was elected Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for the constituency at the 1880 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1880

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. He held the seat until 1892

United Kingdom general election, 1892

The 1892 United Kingdom general election was held from 4 July to 26 July 1892. It saw the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury, win the greatest number of seats, but not enough for an overall majority as William Ewart Gladstone's Liberals won many more seats than in the 1886 general election...

 - when his son William Rees Morgan Davies

William Rees Morgan Davies

William Rees Morgan Davies was a British politician. He was a Liberal Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire, from July 1892–1898....

 was elected to succeed him as MP. His son became Attorney general of the Bahama Islands in 1898.

Davies died at the age of 74.

Davies married Martha Rees Morgan in 1859. She was the eldest daughter of Thomas Morgan of Haverfordwest and niece of William Rees who was High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire

High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire

This is a list of High Sheriffs of Pembrokeshire. Under the Local Government Act 1888, an elected county council was set up to take over the functions of the Pembrokeshire Quarter Sessions...

 in 1863. She died in 1872.

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