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David Davies, 3rd Baron Davies

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The Right Honourable
The Lord Davies
DL
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer
1 September 1944 – 11 November 1999
Preceded byThe 2nd Baron Davies
Succeeded bySeat abolished [a] 
Personal details
Born(1940-10-02)2 October 1940
Died7 February 2024(2024-02-07) (aged 83)
Political partyLiberal Democrats
OccupationPeer, engineer

David Davies, 3rd Baron Davies, DL (2 October 1940 – 7 February 2024), was a British hereditary peer and engineer.

Biography

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Davies was the eldest son of David Davies, 2nd Baron Davies, and Ruth Dugdale, daughter of William Marshall Dugdale. He succeeded in the barony at the age of three after his father was killed in the Second World War. He was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge, and later became a chartered engineer. From 1975 to 2000 he was Chairman of the Welsh National Opera.[1]

Davies spoke four times in the House of Lords during the 1990s,[2] but lost his seat in Parliament after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Powys in 1997 and served as Vice-Lord-Lieutenant of the county in 2004.[3]

Lord Davies married Beryl Oliver, daughter of William James Oliver, in 1972. They had two sons and two daughters.[1] His wife served as High Sheriff of Powys 2004–2005. They lived in the family's ancestral home in Llandinam, Plas Dinam, until 2011.[4]

Davies died on 7 February 2024, at the age of 83.[5]

Arms

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Coat of arms of David Davies, 3rd Baron Davies
Crest
An arm embowed Proper vested to the elbow Argent holding in the hand a miner's safety lamp Proper.
Escutcheon
Or a lion rampant Gules between two fleurs-de-lis in fess Azure on a chief Azure two pickaxes fesswise.
Motto
(The Highest Nobility Is Virtue)[6]

Notes

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  1. ^ Under the House of Lords Act 1999.

References

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  1. ^ a b Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 1049–1050. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  2. ^ Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Davies
  3. ^ "No. 54710". The London Gazette. 19 March 1997. p. 3351.
  4. ^ "Plas Dinam History". Plas Dinam. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Lord David Davies of Llandinam". The Times. 20 February 2024.
  6. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2019. p. 2280.
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Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron Davies
1944–2024
Member of the House of Lords
(1944–1999) 		Succeeded by
David Davies
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