Ardal dynodi
Cod cyfeirnod
Teitl
Dyddiad(au)
- [1884]-1980 / (Creation)
Lefel y disgrifiad
Fonds
Maint a chyfrwng
1.158 cubic metres (57 boxes, 2 rolls)
Ardal cyd-destun
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.
Ardal deunyddiau perthynol
Bodolaeth a lleoliad y gwreiddiol
Bodolaeth a lleoliad copïau
Unedau o ddisgrifiad 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David M. Roberts, Clement Davies and the Liberal Party, 1929-1956 (unpublished University of Wales MA thesis, 1975, NLW ref. 1975/308), David M. Roberts, 'Clement Davies and the fall of Neville Chamberlain, 1939-40', Welsh history review,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).
Ardal nodiadau
Nodiadau
Title supplied from contents of fonds.
Dynodwr(dynodwyr) eraill
Virtua system control number
Project identifier
Pwyntiau mynediad
Pwyntiau mynediad lleoedd
Pwyntiau mynediad Enw
- Liberal Party (Great Britain) -- Archives. (Pwnc)
- Liberal Party (Great Britain) (Pwnc)
- Clement-Davies, Jano 1882-1969 -- Correspondence. (Pwnc)
- Clement-Davies, Stanley, 1920-2003 -- Archives. (Pwnc)
- Davies, Clement, 1884-1962 -- Archives. (Pwnc)
- Davies, Clement, 1884-1962. (Pwnc)
- Clement-Davies, Stanley, 1920-2003 (Pwnc)
- Davies, Jano, 1882-1969. (Pwnc)
Pwyntiau mynediad Genre
Ardal rheolaeth disgrifiad
Dynodwr disgrifiad
Dynodwr sefydliad
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).