Richard Llewelyn Davies, Baron Llewelyn-Davies (24 December 1912 – 27 October 1981), was a British architect and life peer.
The Lord Llewelyn-Davies | |
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| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 16 January 1964 – 27 October 1981 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Richard Llewelyn Davies 24 December 1912 London |
| Died | 27 October 1981 (aged 68) St Bartholomew's Hospital, London |
| Spouse(s) |
Ann Stephen (divorced) |
| Parent(s) | Crompton Llewelyn Davies and Moya O'Connor |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Architect and Planner |
| Known for | Plan for Milton Keynes |
Life and career
editLlewelyn Davies was educated at a private school in Ireland and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied mechanical sciences and graduated in 1934.[1] During his time at Cambridge he was a member of the Cambridge Apostles, associating with left-wing students such as Anthony Blunt and Victor Rothschild.[1][2] He later studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, and the Architectural Association (AA) in London, where his contemporaries included Elizabeth Chesterton and Ann MacEwen.[3]
Llewelyn Davies was Professor of Architecture at The Bartlett, University College London from 1960 to 1969, and Professor of Urban Planning and Head of the School of Environmental Studies from 1970 to 1975. He was the designer of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.
On 16 January 1964, he was created a life peer with the title Baron Llewelyn-Davies, of Hastoe in the County of Hertfordshire.[4]
He was married to Patricia Parry, having three children. As his wife was made a life peeress, they were one of the few couples who both held titles in their own right.
Llewelyn-Davis was the son of Moya Llewelyn Davies and the grandson of Irish MP James O'Connor[5] and a first cousin of the Llewelyn Davies boys.
Professional career
editIn 1960, Richard Llewelyn Davies and John Weeks formed the architectural and planning practice Llewelyn-Davies Weeks, which became one of the most influential hospital design and master planning companies in the UK. Major early commissions included the design of Northwick Park Hospital and offices for The Times newspaper.
The company grew with the addition of Walter Bor in 1964 and became Llewelyn-Davies, Weeks, Forestier-Walker, and Bor, and was known for the master planning of Milton Keynes.[1] The company now trades as 'Llewelyn Davies' and retains the name 'Llewelyn Davies Weeks Ltd' in memory of the founding partners.
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References
edit- ^ a b c Fraser, Murray (2004). "Davies, Richard Llewelyn, Baron Llewelyn-Davies (1912–1981)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31369. Retrieved 26 April 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Deacon, Richard, The Cambridge Apostles: a history of Cambridge University's élite intellectual secret society (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986), pp. 124-5. ISBN 0374118205
- ^ Elizabeth Darling, ‘MacEwen, Ann Maitland (1918–2008)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Jan 2012 accessed 13 Feb 2017
- ^ "No. 43222". The London Gazette. 17 January 1964. p. 467.
- ^ Llewelyn-Davis, Melissa (2007). "'The women in Collins's life'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2000.