George Maitland Lloyd Davies

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George Maitland Lloyd Davies (30 April 1880 - 16 December 1949), was a Welsh pacifist and Member of Parliament for the University of Wales.

Davies, who who had originally volunteered as an officer in the Territorial Army, but was imprisoned during World War I as a conscientious objector, was the grandson of a noted Welsh preacher, John Jones (Talysarn). George's brother, John Glyn Davies, was a poet and author.

After losing the University of Wales seat to Ernest Evans in 1924, Davies became a Calvinistic Methodist (Presbyterian) minister. In 1939 he became President of the pacifist organisation, Heddychwyr Cymru, closely associated with the Peace Pledge Union, of which he served as Chair 1946-1949.

He was overtaken by depression in 1949, and took his own life.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Thomas Arthur Lewis	Member of Parliament for University of Wales 1923–1924	Succeeded by Ernest Evans