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Davies was the eldest son of David Davies, 2nd Baron Davies, and Ruth Dugdale, daughter of William Marshall Dugdale. He succeeded in the barony at the age of three after his father was killed in the Second World War. He was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge, and later became a chartered engineer.
His eldest son and heir, Major Hon. David Michael Davies, was serving in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers when he was killed in action in September 1944, only a few months after inheriting the title. The latter's eldest son succeeded as the third Baron Davies, days prior to his fourth birthday. [11] [1]
Amnon (Hebrew: אַמְנוֹן ’Amnōn, "faithful") was, in the Hebrew Bible, the oldest son of King David and his second wife, Ahinoam of Jezreel. [1] He was born in Hebron during his father's reign in Judah. [2]
The eldest son of a Scots minor noble is entitled to be addressed by courtesy as the Younger (abbreviated to the Yr); the eldest daughter of a minor noble, if heir apparent, is entitled to use the courtesy title The Maid of [designation] (e.g. David Leslie the Younger and The Maid of Leslie).
The number of sons by name in the Bible is 19. In addition, two further unnamed sons are recorded as having been born in Jerusalem, one, probably both, having died in infancy. One of these was the first child born of David's adulterous relationship with Bathsheba. Only one of David's daughters, Tamar, [1] is mentioned by name. [2]
Lord Glenconner was succeeded by his second son, the second baron. The latter was succeeded in 1983 by his eldest son, the third baron, who bought the island of Mustique. As of 2014, the titles are held by the third baron's grandson, the fourth baron, who became the next-to-youngest peer in the realm when he succeeded in August 2010.
Eldest sons of eldest sons of barons according to the precedence of the peerage holders ... Sir David Brewer: Lady (Cherie) Blair: The Rt Hon. Sir Tony Blair:
Sir John Coventry (c. 1636–1685), son of the Hon. John Coventry, a son of the second marriage of the first Baron, sat as Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis. Thomas Henry Coventry, Viscount Deerhurst (1721–1744), eldest son and heir apparent of the fifth Earl, briefly represented Bridport in Parliament before his premature ...