DAVIES
,
THOMAS HUWS
(
1882
-
1940
),
secretary to the Commissioners of Church Temporalities in Wales, littérateur and collector of books
;
b. at
Pen-uwch, Cards.
,
20 April 1882
, and brought up by his grandmother, an old lady of strong character. From
Pen-uwch board school
neighbours assisted him to
Tregaron county school
, whence he won an exhibition to the
University College of Wales
,
Aberystwyth
, where he
studied chemistry and mathematics
. His thoughts of entering the ministry did not materialize, though for some years he was well known as a
lay preacher
with the
Welsh Presbyterians
. In
1906
he became
assistant secretary
to the
Royal Commission on the Welsh Church
; from
1911-14
he was
private secretary
to the
Home Secretary
(
Reginald
McKenna
); and from
1914
till his death was
secretary
to the
Commissioners of Church Temporalities in Wales
.
His interests lay in literature, books, and politics.
Davies
was an eloquent speaker and an attractive writer; he contributed articles on literature and politics to the
Welsh
and
English
press, several memorial articles to the
Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion
, and ‘
Some recent Welsh literature and the limitations of realism
’ to
Cymm.
, xxvii; he edited
Y Wawr
(a
London-Welsh
journal),
1905-6
, and
Llawlyfr Cymdeithas Ceredigion Llundain
,
1934-9
; for some years he was
editor
of
The Welsh Outlook
, to which he contributed numerous articles.
Davies
m.,
1913
,
Alice
Wall
of
Oswestry
. He d. in
London
,
March 1940
.
Bibliography:
-
The Transactions of the Honourable Society
of Cymmrodorion
,
1940
, 13-29.
Author:
Sir John Lias Cecil Cecil-Williams, Ll.D., (1892-1964), London
