Talk:David Davies, 1st Baron Davies

No mention of The Temple of Peace and Health ?
http://yba.llgc.org.uk/en/s2-DAVI-DAV-1880.html

DAVIES, DAVID of Llandinam ( 1880 - 1944 ), first BARON DAVIES (created 1932) ;

" ... His name will be inseparably connected with his two main public interests-the Welsh campaign against tuberculosis and the international crusade for world peace ... ... From 1919 David Davies was equally tireless in the pursuit of international peace, carrying on the tradition of the Welsh pioneers Richard Price , Robert Owen , and Henry Richard . A founder of the League of Nations Union , he later gained prominence as the foremost advocate of strengthening the League of Nations by the creation of an International Police Force . In 1932 he established the New Commonwealth Society for ‘the promotion of international law and order’ , writing several books on the right use of force, notably The Problem of the Twentieth Century ( 1930 ). In Nov. 1938 , one of his ambitions was realised in the completion of the Temple of Peace and Health in Cathays Park , Cardiff ... "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Peace_and_Health

The Temple of Peace and Health was the brainchild of David Davies, 1st Baron Davies, and was conceived to serve two purposes. The first was to provide a home for the King Edward VII Welsh National Memorial Association, a voluntary organisation dedicated to the prevention, treatment and eradication of tuberculosis, which had been founded by Lord Davies in 1910. Davies was also the founding president of the Welsh National Council of the League of Nations Union, and in 1934 he pledged £58,000 towards the erection of a building to house the two organisations.[3]

Lord Davies wished for the Temple of Peace and Health to be "a memorial to those gallant men from all nations who gave their lives in the war that was to end war" and so it was dedicated to the memory of those who laid down their lives in that war. Davies had fought in the trenches during this war, and was actively involved in the search for stable international order through the League of Nations and the League of Nations Union. He wanted to see the establishment of a strong International Police force so that international agreement and peace could be obtained. Born in 1880, he died on 16 June 1944, before the Second World War ended, but was continually stressing, as in a letter of 1943, "the vital importance of arousing our people to the need for an International Authority", posing the question "what doth it profit a nation if it gains the whole world and loses its own soul?"

In founding this public building, Lord Davies hoped to combine the ideals of peace and health. He wanted these two great humanitarian causes to be expressed in the architectural design of the building. The architect of the Temple of Peace and Health was Sir Percy Thomas, who was awarded the Bronze medal from the Royal Institute of British Architects for its design. The foundation stone was laid by Viscount Halifax in 1937. The Temple of Peace and Health was opened on 23 November 1938. The ceremony was performed by one Mrs Minnie Annie Elizabeth James of 8 Cross Francis Street, DowlaisCardiff, who lost three of her sons in World War I.[4] She died in 1954 at Dowlais, Merthyr. The Temple of Peace and Health was bombed in July 1968 by Welsh nationalists in protest at the approaching investiture of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales.[5] In 1998 it was one of the main venues for the European Council’s Summit Meeting.DaiSaw (talk) 19:34, 6 June 2017 (UTC)