John Lloyd Davies, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Welsh Member of Parliament for Blaendyffryn and Alltyrodyn, Llandysul, Cardiganshire
Date of Birth: 01-Nov-1801
Place of Birth: Aberystwyth, Wales, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 21-Mar-1860
Profession: politician
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About John Lloyd Davies
- John Lloyd Davies (1801 - 1860) was a Welsh M.P., originally from the Aberystwyth area, and was born "in humble curcumstances", which he alluded to when seeking election as MP for Cardigan Boroughs in 1855.He began his career as a solicitor, and is known by the age of 24 to have been working for a practice in Newcastle Emlyn.
- In 1825 he married Anne, daughter of John Lloyd of Allt-yr-odyn, and as a consequence inherited that estate.
- Following his wife's death he was re-married in 1857 to Elizabeth Bluett, the only child of Thomas Bluett Hardwicke of Tytherington Grange, Gloucestershire.He served as a J.P.
- and D.L.
- for the Cardiganshire and Carmarthenshire districts, and in 1845 was appointed High Sheriff of Cardiganshire.
- Between 1855 and 1857 he was the elected Conservative M.P.
- for the Cardiganshire boroughs.
- In 1857 he was opposed by Captain Edward Pryse of Gogerddan who, although with little political experience was expected to receive support because of his family connections.
- Within a week Davies had withdrawn from the contest.Later in 1857 a vacancy arose for the representation of Carmarthenshire following the death of D.A.
- Saunders Davies.
- Lloyd Davies immediately issued an address, within days of the former member's death.
- His candidacy was fiercely opposed, most notably in radical journals such as the Amserau.
- He withdrew when it became apparent that David Pugh had considerable support in the county.He was notably a chief opposer of the Rebecca rioters in the Llandysul district, and campaigner for the construction of the railway from Carmarthen to Llandysul. He died at Blaendyffryn on 21 March 1860.
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