Ernest Davies (Stretford MP)
Ernest Davies | |
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London Borough of Southwark Councillor for Lyndhurst Ward, Dulwich | |
In office 1978–1982 | |
London Borough of Southwark Councillor for Alleyn Ward, Dulwich | |
In office 1974–1978 | |
Member of Parliament for Stretford | |
In office 1966–1970 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Nuneaton, England | 25 October 1926
Died | 8 March 2020 Nuneaton, England | (aged 93)
Political party | Labour |
Spouse(s) |
Margaret Gatt
(m. 1956; div. 1967)Patricia
(m. 1972; div. 1980) |
Education | Westminster Training College St Salvator's College St John's College |
Military career | |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Air Force |
Years of service | 1942-1943 |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Dr Ernest Arthur Davies
Early life
Davies was born in October 1926, the son of Dan Davies and Ada (née Smith) in Nuneaton. He was educated at Coventry Junior Technical College, before joining the RAF during the Second World War as an Aircraft Apprentice in 1942. He was discharged on medical grounds in 1943. He attended Westminster Training College in London from 1946 to 1948, and was a teacher at Foxford School in Coventry from 1948 to 1950.[1]
From 1950 to 1954, Davies was at
Political career
Davies became a councillor on the Borough of Stretford in 1961, where he stayed until 1967. In 1962, he became a Justice of the Peace (JP) in Lancashire. At the 1966 general election, Davies was elected as Labour's Member of Parliament for Stretford. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Postmaster General from November to December 1967, to the Foreign Secretary from January to March 1968 and to the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary from 1968 to 1969.[1]
He was joint Parliamentary Secretary at the
He lost his seat at the 1970 general election, which saw the Conservatives return to government; his successor was Winston Churchill, grandson of the former Prime Minister.[1]
After Parliament
In 1972, Davies became a JP for
Davies also made contributions to the Proceedings of the Royal Society and the Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids.[1]
Personal life and death
Davies was married twice. In 1956, he wed Margaret Stephen Tait Gatt; the marriage was dissolved in 1967. His second marriage, in 1972, was to Patricia; the marriage was dissolved in 1980. He had no children from either of his marriages. In Who's Who, his recreations were listed as "reading, art and design practice, writing family history". He lived in his hometown of Nuneaton.[1]
Davies died in March 2020, aged 93.[1][4]
References
- ^ , retrieved 15 April 2021
- ^ London Borough Council Elections 2 May 1974 (PDF). London: Greater London Council. 1974. p. 59.
- ^ London Borough Council Elections 4 May 1978 (PDF). London: Greater London Council. 1978. p. 70.
- ^ "The obituary notice of Ernest Dr DAVIES". funeral-notices.co.uk. Retrieved 15 April 2021.