# Arthian Davies

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Davies in 1949

**Sir William Arthian Davies** (10 May 1901 – 19 September 1979) was a [lawyer](/source/Lawyer) and [judge](/source/Judge) in England and [Wales](/source/Wales).

Davies was educated at [Dulwich College](/source/Dulwich_College) and [Trinity College, Oxford](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Oxford), where he took a First in Jurisprudence. He was [called to the bar](/source/Call_to_the_bar) in 1925 and [took silk](/source/Queen's_Counsel) in 1947.

He was appointed a [judge of the High Court](/source/High_Court_judge_(England_and_Wales)) and assigned to the [Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division](/source/Probate%2C_Divorce_and_Admiralty_Division) on 1 October 1952, receiving the customary [knighthood](/source/Knight_Bachelor) a few days later. He was transferred to the [Queen's Bench Division](/source/Queen's_Bench_Division) on 3 April 1959. Davies was promoted to be a [Lord Justice of Appeal](/source/Lord_Justice_of_Appeal) on 9 January 1961. Following that appointment, he was made a member of the [Privy Council](/source/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom). He retired from his judicial office on 30 September 1974.

## References

- *The Judges of England 1272-1990*, by Sir John Sainty (Selden Society, 1993)

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