David Davies (masanin masana'antu)

David Davies (18 Disamba 1818 - 20 Yuli 1890) ɗan masana'antu ne na Welsh kuma ɗan siyasa na Liberal wanda ya zauna a cikin House of Commons tsakanin 1874 da 1886. Davies sau da yawa an san shi da David Davies Llandinam (daga wurin haihuwarsa, Llandinam a Montgomeryshire).  An fi tunawa da shi a yau don kafa Barry Docks .

 Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi 
Davies shi ne ɗan manomi David Davies da matarsa Elizabeth kuma babba ne cikin yara tara. Ya halarci makarantar rana a Llandinam amma ya fara karatun kansa. Ya fara aiki a matsayin sawyer kuma ya shiga aikin gona, yana aiki tare da mahaifinsa, wanda ya mutu lokacin da David ke da shekaru 20, ya bar shi ya kula da iyalin. Ya ci nasara tun yana ƙarami kuma a cikin 1848 ya karɓi babbar gona da ake kira Tynymaen, wanda daga baya ya zama gonar gida na gidan Plâs Dinam. Shekaru biyu bayan haka ya karɓi ƙarin riƙewa, Gwerneirin . 

 Addini 
Wani Calvinist Methodist ta hanyar girma, Davies ya kasance mai shaye-shaye kuma mai ƙarfi game da kiyaye ranar Lahadi.  Ya zama mutum mai tasiri a cikin Calvinistic Methodism, wanda ke da mambobi sama da 13,000 a Cardiganshire kadai, kuma ya ba da kuɗin gina masallatai da yawa.

 Ayyukan siyasa 
David Davies ya fara neman zaben majalisar dokoki a Babban Zabe na 1865 lokacin da ya tsaya takarar kujerar gundumar Cardiganshire. Kafin zaben, memba mai zama, Colonel Powell na Nanteos, ya nuna niyyarsa ta yi ritaya kuma Sir Thomas Davies Lloyd na Bronwydd, mai mallakar Whig, ya sanar da niyyarsa ta tsaya a matsayin Liberal. Koyaya, lokacin da Powell ya sauya shawarar sa, Lloyd ya ba da adireshin da ke nuna cewa ba zai yi tsayayya da memba mai zama ba. Sakamakon shi ne cewa duka Davies da Henry Richard sun ba da kansu a matsayin wasu 'yan takarar Liberal. An shirya taron zaɓe da za a gudanar a Aberaeron, amma jim kadan kafin wannan ya faru, Powell ya sake sanar da ritayar sa. Lloyd yanzu ya bayyana cewa yanzu zai yi yaƙi da kujerar bayan duk kuma Richard ya janye don goyon bayansa. David Davies bai janye ba. Lloyd ya lashe kujerar tare da mafi rinjaye na kuri'u 361. 

Davies yana da fa'idodi da yawa, gami da gaskiyar cewa kamfanonin gine-ginen jirgin kasa sun amfana da gundumar kuma sun kirkiro ƙarin, idan na wucin gadi, damar aiki. Koyaya, an danganta cin nasararsa ga adawa mai ƙarfi na masu mallakar ƙasa, gami da tasirin dangin Pryse na Gogerddan a Aberystwyth, da kuma gazawar masu ba da izini don haɗa kai a bayan takararsa. Koyaya, shigarsa ta wakilci kalubalantar kai tsaye ga ikon gargajiya na mazauna yankin a kan wakilcin siyasa na gundumar. Ieuan Gwynedd Jones ya bayyana zaben a matsayin 'gwagwarmaya tsakanin nau'ikan wadata guda biyu, mai kwangilar jirgin kasa mai wadata wanda ke amfani da kuɗin da yake da shi da hanyoyin kasuwanci marasa tausayi game da masu zaman kansu da kwanciyar hankali amma masu wahala na mutanen karkara. "  Davies ya nuna wannan ta hanyar saka £ 10,000 a bankin Aberystwyth a matsayin "kudin kuɗi don yaƙin".  Davies ya gabatar da kansa a matsayin dan kasuwa wanda ya kawo aiki ga gundumar kuma ba a ambaci shi a cikin jawabinsa ga manufofi masu tsattsauran ra'ayi, gami da kuri'un sirri.

A matsayinsa na mai hidima na Calvinist Methodist, Davies ya yi la'akari da goyon baya mai ƙarfi daga al'ummar da ba su dace ba. Koyaya, akwai misalai da yawa na fitattun wadanda ba su dace ba waɗanda suka kasance masu sanyi, ko ma masu adawa, ga takarar Davies. Dalilan sun haɗa da rashin son zagi masu mallakar ƙasa waɗanda suka riƙe hayar ƙasar da aka gina wasu masallatai.

Lokacin da aka sanar da sakamakon, Davies ya samu kuri'u 1,149 a kan 1,510 ga Lloyd. Davies yana da rinjaye a yankin Tregaron, wanda aka danganta shi da zuwan hanyar jirgin kasa da haɗin Calvinistic Methodist. Ya kuma kasance a gaba a gundumar Lampeter. Koyaya, ya rasa sauran gundumomi huɗu, gami da Cardigan, inda Lloyd ya sami kuri'u 360 a kan 65 kawai ga Davies.

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