William Rees Morgan Davies
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William Rees Morgan Davies (May 1863 - 14 Apr 1939) was a British politician. He was a Liberal
Member of Parliament
for Pembrokeshire
, from July 1892
–1898.
He was succeeded by the Liberal politician, John Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids
. He left Parliament on being appointed Attorney-General of the Bahamas.
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...
Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for 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 :...
, from July 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...
–1898.
He was succeeded by the Liberal politician, John Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids
John Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids
John Wynford Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids PC was a British peer and former Liberal Member of Parliament for Mid Lanarkshire 1888–1894 and Pembrokeshire 1898–1908. He was educated at Felsted School....
. He left Parliament on being appointed Attorney-General of the Bahamas.