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John Davies | |
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![]() Davies in 1973 | |
Shadow Foreign Secretary | |
In office 11 April 1976 – 6 November 1978 | |
Leader | Margaret Thatcher |
Preceded by | Reginald Maudling |
Succeeded by | Francis Pym |
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
In office 5 November 1972 – 5 March 1974 | |
Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
Preceded by | Geoffrey Rippon |
Succeeded by | Harold Lever |
President of the Board of Trade | |
In office 15 October 1970 – 5 November 1972 | |
Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
Preceded by | Michael Noble |
Succeeded by | Peter Walker |
Secretary of State for Trade & Industry | |
In office 15 October 1970 – 5 November 1972 | |
Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
Preceded by | Post established |
Succeeded by | Peter Walker |
Minister of Technology | |
In office 28 July 1970 – 15 October 1970 | |
Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
Preceded by | Geoffrey Rippon |
Succeeded by | Position abolished |
Director of the Confederation of British Industry | |
In office 30 July 1965 – 15 October 1969 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Campbell Adamson |
Member of Parliament for Knutsford | |
In office 18 June 1970 – 6 November 1978 | |
Preceded by | Walter Bromley-Davenport |
Succeeded by | Jock Bruce-Gardyne |
Personal details | |
Born | John Emerson Harding Harding-Davies 8 January 1916 London, England |
Died | 4 July 1979 London, England | (aged 63)
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse |
Vera Bates (m. 1943) |
Children | 2, including Frank |
Education | St Edward's School, Oxford |
Profession | Businessman |
John Emerson Harding Harding-Davies, MBE (8 January 1916 – 4 July 1979) was a British businessman who served as director-general of the Confederation of British Industry during the 1960s. He later went into politics and served in the Cabinet of Edward Heath as the first Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, a position which he held from October 1970 to 4 November 1972. Davies was President of the Board of Trade, and from July to October 1970 was Minister of Technology. He became a Privy Councillor and, in 1972, was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with special responsibilities for the co-ordination of British policy towards the European Communities. In 1979 Davies was to be made a life peer as Baron Harding-Davies, but died before the creation of the peerage passed the Great Seal. Peerage history was made when, by Royal Warrant bearing the date 27 February 1980, Queen Elizabeth II granted his widow Vera Georgina the title of Lady Harding-Davies; his children Frank Davies and Rosamond Ann Metherell were given the rank of children of a life peer.