Sir Richard Davies, KCVO, CBE (1916 – 29 January 1995) was a member of the Household of the Duke of Edinburgh of the United Kingdom.
Davies was educated at Porth County School, and Cardiff Technical School. He graduated with a BSc, and was a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and a FIEE.
He was a member of the Scientific Civil Service 1939-1946, and was in the British Air Commission, Washington, DC, 1944-1945.
After World War II he joined Ferranti, and was vice-president of Ferranti Electric Ltd 1948-1963, and a director of Ferranti Ltd 1970-1976.
In 1977 he joined the Household of the Duke of Edinburgh of His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh as Assistant Private Secretary. He was acting Private Secretary and Treasurer following the death of Lord Rupert Nevill in 1982, and retired in 1984, when he became an Extra Equerry.
Davies was made a CBE in 1962, and a CVO in 1982. He was advanced to KCVO in 1984.
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| Name | Davies, Richard |
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| Date of birth | 1916 |
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| Date of death | 29 January 1995 |
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Famous quotes containing the words richard and/or davies:
“See how peaceful it is here. The sea is everything. An immense reservoir of nature where I roam at will.... Think of it. On the surface there is hunger and fear. Men still exercise unjust laws. They fight, tear one another to pieces. A mere few feet beneath the waves their reign ceases, their evil drowns. Here on the ocean floor is the only independence. Here I am free.”
—Earl Felton, and Richard Fleischer. Captain Nemo (James Mason)
“And as the sun above the light doth bring,
Though we behold it in the air below,
So from th’ eternal Light the soul doth spring,
Though in the body she her powers do show.”
—Sir John Davies (1569–1626)