Fonds GB 0210 CLEIES - Clement Davies (Liberal MP) Papers,

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GB 0210 CLEIES

Teitl

Clement Davies (Liberal MP) Papers,

Dyddiad(au)

  • [1884]-1980 / (Creation)

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Fonds

Maint a chyfrwng

1.158 cubic metres (57 boxes, 2 rolls)

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Enw'r crëwr

Hanes bywgraffyddol

Clement Edward Davies (1884-1962), born Edward Clement Davies, Liberal politician, was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Clement Davies was a successful lawyer and published books on agricultural law. He was elected to the House of Commons in 1929 as the member for Montgomeryshire, and was the leader of the Liberal Party, 1945-1956. In 1939, he was the main author of a report to Caernarfonshire County Council on he anti-tuberculosis service in Wales, critical of the negligence of the rural authorities. He was chairman of the All Party Action Group which forced Neville Chamberlain to resign as prime minister in 1940. In 1955 he was nominated for Nobel Peace Prize. He was married to Jano Davies (1882-1969), and they had three sons and three daughters.

Hanes archifol

Ffynhonnell

Deposited by his wife Mrs Jano Davies and by his son Stanley Clement-Davies between 1962 and 1996.

Ardal cynnwys a strwythur

Natur a chynnwys

Clement Davies's papers, [c.1884]-1967, mainly Liberal Party papers, 1928-1962, Clement Davies's political career, 1929-1965, Welsh affairs, 1936-1962, peace movements, 1940-1962, foreign affairs, 1944-1962, constituency papers, 1951-1962, and home affairs, 1953-1963; and papers and correspondence of Jano Clement-Davies, 1873-1969, and papers of Stanley Clement-Davies, 1920-1963.

Gwerthuso, dinistrio ac amserlennu

Action: All records have been retained..

Croniadau

Accruals are not expected.

System o drefniant

Arranged in subject and record type.

Ardal amodau mynediad a defnydd

Amodau rheoli mynediad

Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.

Amodau rheoli atgynhyrchu

Usual copyright regulations apply.

Iaith y deunydd

Sgript o ddeunydd

Nodiadau iaith a sgript

English.

Cyflwr ac anghenion technegol

Cymhorthion chwilio

A hard copy of the catalogue is available at the National Library of Wales. The catalogue can be accessed online.

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Bodolaeth a lleoliad y gwreiddiol

Bodolaeth a lleoliad copïau

Unedau o ddisgrifiad cysylltiedig

The House of Lords Record Office holds letters from Clement Davies to Lloyd George, 1939-1942 (LG), and Lord Beaverbrook, 1946-1949 (BBK C/112); Manchester University's John Ryland's Library holds letters to the Manchester Guardian, 1942-1955 (Guardian archives); and Sussex University Library holds correspondence and papers relating to World Government Associations, 1957-1960 (SxMs 33).

Disgrifiadau cysylltiedig

Nodyn cyhoeddiad

David M. Roberts, Clement Davies and the Liberal Party, 1929-1956 (unpublished University of Wales MA thesis, 1975, NLW ref. 1975/308), David M. Roberts, 'Clement Davies and the fall of Neville Chamberlain, 1939-40', Welsh history review, 8 (Dec. 1976), pp. 188-215, Emlyn Hooson, 'Clement Davies: an underestimated Welshman and politician', Journal of Liberal Democrat history, 24 (Autumn 1999), Alun Wyburn-Powell, Clement Davies: a liberal biography (2002).

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Nodiadau

Title supplied from contents of fonds.

Dynodwr(dynodwyr) eraill

Virtua system control number

vtls003844093

Project identifier

ANW

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Pwyntiau mynediad lleoedd

Pwyntiau mynediad Genre

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Dynodwr disgrifiad

Dynodwr sefydliad

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

Rheolau a/neu confensiynau a ddefnyddiwyd

Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.;AACR2; and LCSH

Statws

Lefel manylder disgrifiad

Dyddiadau creadigaeth adolygiad dilead

October 2004

Iaith(ieithoedd)

  • Saesneg

Sgript(iau)

Ffynonellau

Nodyn yr archifydd

Compiled by Annette Strauch for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: NLW, Schedule of Clement Davies Papers (1981); Dictionary of Welsh biography, 1941-1970 (2001).

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