George Maitland Lloyd Davies (30 April 1880 - 16 December 1949) was a Welsh pacifist and Member of Parliament for the University of Wales. Davies, who who had originally volunteered as an officer in the Territorial Army, but was imprisoned during World War I as a conscientious objector, was the grandson of a noted Welsh preacher, John Jones .

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  • George Maitland Lloyd Davies (30 April 1880 - 16 December 1949) was a Welsh pacifist and Member of Parliament for the University of Wales. Davies, who who had originally volunteered as an officer in the Territorial Army, but was imprisoned during World War I as a conscientious objector, was the grandson of a noted Welsh preacher, John Jones . George's brother, John Glyn Davies, was a poet and author. In 1923 he was elected Member of Parliament for University of Wales, but in 1924 lost the seat to Ernest Evans. Thereafter Davies became a Calvinistic Methodist minister. In 1939 he became President of the pacifist organisation, Heddychwyr Cymru, closely associated with the Peace Pledge Union, of which he served as Chair 1946-1949. He was overtaken by depression in 1949, and took his own life. (en)
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  • 1923– (en)
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  • George Maitland Lloyd Davies (30 April 1880 - 16 December 1949) was a Welsh pacifist and Member of Parliament for the University of Wales. Davies, who who had originally volunteered as an officer in the Territorial Army, but was imprisoned during World War I as a conscientious objector, was the grandson of a noted Welsh preacher, John Jones . (en)
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  • George Maitland Lloyd Davies (en)
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