DAVIES
,
DAVID CAXTON
(
1873
-
1955
),
printer and company director
;
b. at
Lampeter, Cards.
,
8 Aug. 1873
, s. of
David
and
Margaret
Davies
(the oldest inhabitant of the town when she d.
28 Dec. 1937
). Educated in his native town, he became
manager
of the
Welsh Church Press
at
Lampeter
, and (
1909-19
) of
Grosvenor and Chater & Co.
,
London
;
manager
and
director
of
William Lewis, Ltd.
,
printers
,
Cardiff
, and of
Davies, Harvey and Murrell, Ltd.
,
paper merchants
,
London
. In
1935-36
he was
president
of the
South Wales and Monmouthshire Master Printers Alliance
. He was one of the founder members of
Cardiff Rotary Club
. In
1947
the
University of Wales
conferred on him an
hon. M.A.
degree for his services to the publication of books and periodicals about
Wales
, particularly those in the
Welsh
language. He d.
5 Nov. 1955
, and a funeral service was held in
St. David's Church
,
Cardiff
, before cremation at
Thornhill
on
9 Nov.
Bibliography:
-
Who's who in Wales
(1937)
;
-
Western Mail
,
The Welsh Gazette
,
6 Jan. 1938
.
Author:
Evan David Jones, F.S.A., (1903-87), Aberystwyth
