Background
DAVIES, Charles Ellis was born on May 13, 1848 in New South Wales.
DAVIES, Charles Ellis was born on May 13, 1848 in New South Wales.
Studied at High School, Hobart (obtained Associate of Arts Degree, Tasmania, 1865).
Joined the Victorian Railways, Melbourne, 1866. Then joined father, proprietor of The Mercury. President and founder of the Southern Tasmanian Agricultural and Pastoral Society.
Member Legislative Council, Cambridge, since 1897. Grand Master of the Tasmanian Masonic Grand Lodge since 1896. Representative of Tasmanian Press at the Imperial Press Conference in London, 1909. Member of Legislative Council, Justice of the Peace; manager of The Mercury, Hobart, since 507 1885.