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Clement Davies
1884-1962
Education: Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Bar: Lincoln's Inn 1909
Elected to House of Commons May 1929
Leader of Liberal Party 1945 to 1956.
Died March 1962
The interesting part is this:
"In 1913 Clem married Jano Elizabeth Davies, who had a distinguished teaching career before marriage. At the age of twenty-nine, she was one of the youngest headmistresses of Latymer School, a well-known coeducational school in London. She was the adopted daughter of Mr Morgan Davies, a consultant surgeon who practised in London, but originated from Cardiganshire. She was also Welsh speaking. Jano had graduated from University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, in classics and modern languages."
Source:
Journal of Liberal Democrat History Issue 24 Autumn 1999
The Morgan Davies of Stephenson fame is listed in 1891 as born in Llanwyrygan, Cardigan as in the above extract. By the 1891 census, Davies is listed as a 37 year old married man and has set up his own household. His address is given as 5-9 Goring Street, Aldgate and his occupation is that of Registered General Practitioner. His wife's details are that she was called Margaret Davies, was 33 years of age and born in Cardigan.
There are two others listed in the household:
Jane E Julian , his step-daughter aged 8, born in Bow.
Ann M Evans, his niece, aged 15, born in Cardigan.
1901:
By the time of the 1901 census, the 47 year old Davies had moved to 10 Goring Street, just over the road from his 1891 address. He is described as a medical practitioner and the others in his household are as follows:
His wife Margaret aged 42, born in Llanshipstead, Cardigan and three children. These were a daughter (first name unknown) aged 9 born in St Botolph Aldgate, a son of 5 named Geraint, and another son aged 3 named Georgeon, both also born in St Botolph Aldgate. There was one servant named Alice Draper, aged 21, born in Kennington, London.
For reference, Goring Street is a very short thoroughfare very close to Mitre Square, which runs between Bevis Marks and Houndsditch.
From the census data, it is apparent that Morgan Davies married certainly between the 1881 and 1891 censuses and probably between late 1888 and 1891, if Stephenson's account is to be believed in his descriptions of Davies' attitudes to women.
There is only one marriage record during this period of an individual named Morgan Davies marrying a spouse whose first name was Margaret. this was registered in London City (which included St Botolph Aldgate) in June 1890 and shows that Morgan Davies married a Margaret Julian. Also listed on the entry is a Frank Mercer, who presumably was the witness.
Looking at Davies' spouse, prior to their marriage, in the 1881 census, the only Margaret Julian of appropriate age and place of birth is a married woman living in Aberystwyth. She was married to David Julian, a grocer, and they lived at 8 Princess Street, Aberystwyth, Cardigan. They had one child named Sarah Rowland Julian who was 3 weeks old at the time of the census. This marriage must have produced at least one other child as Morgan Davies, in the 1891 data, is listed as having a step daughter called Jane E Julian aged 8 who was born in Bow.
The "Jane E Julian" listed with him as a step daughter in 1891 is, in my opinion, one and the same as the Jano Elizabeth Davies who married the future leader of the Liberal Party.
The 1891 listing is posted below.
1884-1962
Education: Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Bar: Lincoln's Inn 1909
Elected to House of Commons May 1929
Leader of Liberal Party 1945 to 1956.
Died March 1962
The interesting part is this:
"In 1913 Clem married Jano Elizabeth Davies, who had a distinguished teaching career before marriage. At the age of twenty-nine, she was one of the youngest headmistresses of Latymer School, a well-known coeducational school in London. She was the adopted daughter of Mr Morgan Davies, a consultant surgeon who practised in London, but originated from Cardiganshire. She was also Welsh speaking. Jano had graduated from University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, in classics and modern languages."
Source:
Journal of Liberal Democrat History Issue 24 Autumn 1999
The Morgan Davies of Stephenson fame is listed in 1891 as born in Llanwyrygan, Cardigan as in the above extract. By the 1891 census, Davies is listed as a 37 year old married man and has set up his own household. His address is given as 5-9 Goring Street, Aldgate and his occupation is that of Registered General Practitioner. His wife's details are that she was called Margaret Davies, was 33 years of age and born in Cardigan.
There are two others listed in the household:
Jane E Julian , his step-daughter aged 8, born in Bow.
Ann M Evans, his niece, aged 15, born in Cardigan.
1901:
By the time of the 1901 census, the 47 year old Davies had moved to 10 Goring Street, just over the road from his 1891 address. He is described as a medical practitioner and the others in his household are as follows:
His wife Margaret aged 42, born in Llanshipstead, Cardigan and three children. These were a daughter (first name unknown) aged 9 born in St Botolph Aldgate, a son of 5 named Geraint, and another son aged 3 named Georgeon, both also born in St Botolph Aldgate. There was one servant named Alice Draper, aged 21, born in Kennington, London.
For reference, Goring Street is a very short thoroughfare very close to Mitre Square, which runs between Bevis Marks and Houndsditch.
From the census data, it is apparent that Morgan Davies married certainly between the 1881 and 1891 censuses and probably between late 1888 and 1891, if Stephenson's account is to be believed in his descriptions of Davies' attitudes to women.
There is only one marriage record during this period of an individual named Morgan Davies marrying a spouse whose first name was Margaret. this was registered in London City (which included St Botolph Aldgate) in June 1890 and shows that Morgan Davies married a Margaret Julian. Also listed on the entry is a Frank Mercer, who presumably was the witness.
Looking at Davies' spouse, prior to their marriage, in the 1881 census, the only Margaret Julian of appropriate age and place of birth is a married woman living in Aberystwyth. She was married to David Julian, a grocer, and they lived at 8 Princess Street, Aberystwyth, Cardigan. They had one child named Sarah Rowland Julian who was 3 weeks old at the time of the census. This marriage must have produced at least one other child as Morgan Davies, in the 1891 data, is listed as having a step daughter called Jane E Julian aged 8 who was born in Bow.
The "Jane E Julian" listed with him as a step daughter in 1891 is, in my opinion, one and the same as the Jano Elizabeth Davies who married the future leader of the Liberal Party.
The 1891 listing is posted below.
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