627 Richard Davies

Constituency : Anglesey  1868-86

Richard  succeeded  Richard  Williams-Bulkeley   unopposed at  Anglesey.

Richard  was  a  merchant's  son  from  Anglesey. He  was  educated  locally  then  was  assigned   part  of  the  family  business  at  Menai  Bridge. This  involved  timber  importing ; from  this  base   Richard  moved  into  shipowning  and  became  very  wealthy. Richard  was  a  Nonconformist Radical; he  stood  for  Caernarvon  in  1852.

Richard  was  a  benefactor  to  local  schools  and  Bangor  College.

Richard  stood  down  in  1886  as  he  was  opposed  to  Home  Rule.

He  died  in  1896  aged  77; his  last  words  are  reputed  to  have  been  "cannot  be  fathomed ".