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DAVIES, CHAMBERLAIN, son of Matthew Davies, Llangunllo, Radnorshire; b.; adm. (aged 11) Nov 1728; KS 1730; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1734, matr. 12 Jun 1734, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1734 - void 25 Feb 1742 (expiry of year of grace as R. New Radnor); BA 1738; ordained deacon (Oxford) 1 Jun 1740, priest (Winchester, litt. dim. from Hereford) 22 Feb 1740/1; Rector of New Radnor, Radnorshire, from 24 Feb 1741; d. before 26 May 1744.

DAVIES, CHARLES, son of John Davies, Sussex; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1650 (Chapter Muniments 43057).

Davies, Christopher John Hollingdrake, son of Reginald Davies CMG, dep. dir. British Council, and Gwenllyan Kathleen Butler, d. of George Charles Morgan Dew of Selsey, Sussex; b. 27 Dec. 1933; adm. Sept. 1947 (G); left July 1952; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1955; played golf against Oxford 1957; labour relations man. Montreal Standard 1960-7; asst. dir. Philadelphia Inquirer 1968-9; industr. relations dir. Toronto Star 1970-; m. Helene Louise, d. of Andre Desjardins of Quebec, Canada; d. 25 Jan. 2007.

DAVIES, EDWARD READ, eldest son of Edward Davies, West Dulwich, London, and Stratford [Toney ?], Wilts. , landowner, and Mary --- (1881 Census); b. 12 Jan 1869; adm. from Dulwich Coll. (H) 16 Jun 1881; left 1887; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Oct 1888; BA 1894; MA 1896; shot for Oxford v. Cambridge for the Chancellor’s Plate at Bisley 1892; Maj. , Army Service Corps (1st London Regt. ) 1 Apr 1908; m. 2 Feb 1907 Mary Ethel Maude, youngest dau. of Joseph Burleigh, Abbey Road, Kilburn, Middlesex; d. 10 Sep 1945. [Mother perhaps Mary Read (IGI)]

DAVIES, EDWARD, son of John Davies, Llanrwst, Denbighshire; b.; adm.; KS 1676; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1678, matr. 4 Feb 1678/9, aged 17, Westminster Student 26 Dec 1678 - void 1693, Tutor 1686; BA 1682; MA 1685; ordained deacon 19 Dec 1686, priest 18 Dec 1687 (both Oxford).

Davies, Evan Lewis, brother of Edward Read Davies (q.v.); b. June 10, 1870; adm. from Dulwich Coll. April 1884 (H); left Dec. 1889; Ball. Coll. Oxon., matric. Oct. 17, 1889; B.A. 1892; M.A. 1904; called to the bar at the Middle Temple June 24, 1914; d. Nov. 19, 1921.

DAVIES, GRIFFITH; b.; adm.; KS 1682; left 1684.

Davies, Harold Constantine Debes, son of Rev. Thomas Harold Davies DD, Rector of Headbourne Worthy, Hants, and Constance Marion, d. of Frank Whincup of Hammerton, Yorks; b. 24 Oct. 1900; adm. Sept. 1914 (KS); left Apr. 1917; a clerk in the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank; d. 16 Oct. 1989.

DAVIES, HENRY, “a poor kinsman” of Mr Coningsby, Gentleman Usher to Queen Elizabeth I; b.; adm. 1586; QS 1592; see Acts of the Privy Council, N. S. xxii, 592, for a letter to the Dean of Westminster dated 25 Jun 1592, requesting the admission of Davies as QS “at your nowe election”.

Davies, Hugh Philip Banks, son of Philip Theodore Davies (qv); b. 10 Sept. 1914; adm. Sept. 1928 (H); left July 1931; articled to a solicitor; RAF in WW2; d. 1965.