Career
Davies founded the British freight forwarding company Davies Turner in 1870 which is the largest independent freight forwarding company in Great Britain at present. He was the 4th son of Review John Davies, a Welsh Congregational Minister of Carmarthenshire, and Mary Kidman Foster.
He was educated at Mill Hill School and at Rickmansworth.
He was also President of Davies, Turner & Company, 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.
He sat as Liberal Member of Parliament for the Carmarthen District of Boroughs from 1900-1906. 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.
