1261 William Rees-Davies

Constituency : Pembrokeshire  1892-8

William  succeeded  his  father  as  MP  for  Pembrokeshire.

William  was  educated  at  Eton  and  Cambridge.  He  became  a  barrister.

From  1893  to  1895  William  was  private  secretary  to  William  Harcourt  as  Chancellor  of  the  Exchequer.

In  1898  William  resigned his  seat  to  become  Attorney  General  of  The  Bahamas. He  held  that  job  until  1902  and  sometimes  acted  as  Chief  Justice. In  1902  he  became  King's  Advocate  in  Cyprus  and  held  that  job  for  five  years. In  1907  he  was   made   Attorney  General  of  Hong  Kong  rising  to  Chief  Justice  there  in  1912. He  was  knighted  a  year  later.

William  retired  in  1924  and  returned  to  England.

He  died  in  1939 aged  75. His  son  William  became  a  Conservative  MP.