Alfred Davies

Alfred Davies (14 October 1848 – 27 September 1907), was a British Liberal Party politician and businessman. Davies founded the British freight forwarding company Davies Turner in 1870 which is the largest independent freight forwarding company in Great Britain at present.

Background

He was the 4th son of Rev. John Davies, a Welsh Congregational Minister of Carmarthenshire, and Mary Kidman Foster. He was educated at Mill Hill School and at Rickmansworth. He married in 1877, Lydia Edith Death of Burnt Mill, Essex.

Career

He was founder and Chairman of Directors of Davies, Turner & Co., Ltd, London, Liverpool, and elsewhere. He was also President of Davies, Turner & Co., of New York, Boston, and Philadelphia, underwriters and international carriers. He was a Progressive party member of the London County Council from 1889-1892, representing Hackney North. In 1890 he was nominated to be Liberal candidate for the vacancy in East Carmarthenshire following the death of David Pugh but he withdrew before the selection conference.

He sat as Liberal MP for the Carmarthen District of Boroughs from 1900–06. He gained the seat from the Liberal Unionists at the 1900 General Election.

He retired at the General Election of January 1906. He did not stand for parliament again.