Individual Details
Dr David Leighton DAVIES MRCS, FRCS, BD, MD, MS, LRCP
(13 Feb 1874 - 6 Apr 1945)
Born 13 February 1874 at Pencoed, Glamorgan, eldest son of Rev D P Davies. Educated at Christ College, Brecon and University College, London, he served for a period as clinical assistant in the department at University College Hospital. After taking the Fellowship he was appointed assistant ophthalmic surgeon at Cardiff Royal Infirmary in 1910, became ophthalmic surgeon in 1920 and consulting ophthalmic surgeon when he retired in 1937. He was also consulting ophthalmic surgeon to the King Edward VII Welsh National Memorial Association for Tuberculosis, and an official medical referee for ophthalmic cases for Monmouth and Glamorgan. He served as demonstrator and lecturer in anatomy at the Cardiff Medical School and later as lecturer in ophthalmology at the Welsh National School of Medicine, and was at one time examiner for the DOMS of the English Royal Colleges.
Davies was a member of the Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom and served as president of the South-western Ophthalmological Society. He was a regular attendant at the Oxford Ophthalmological Congress. He had practised at 31 Newport Road, Cardiff and after retirement lived at Pentrosfa House, Llandrindod Wells, Radnorshire, where he of a heart attack on 6 April 1945, aged 71. He was buried in Llange churchyard. Davies was survived by his wife and two daughters. Davis was an earnest churchman and had served on the Representative Body the Governing Body of the Church in Wales. He was a careful thorough operator with a wide outlook. He was much respected by students and familiarly known as "Leighton". He was modest and retiring by disposition.
Publications:-
Dacryorhinostomy in treatment of lachrymal sac obstruction: results of Toti's anastomotic method. Proc Roy Soc Med. 1921, 14, 59.
Anophthalmia and microphthalmia. Brit J Ophthal. 1917, 1, 415.
Chronic glaucoma. Lancet, 1928, 1, 699.
Davies was a member of the Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom and served as president of the South-western Ophthalmological Society. He was a regular attendant at the Oxford Ophthalmological Congress. He had practised at 31 Newport Road, Cardiff and after retirement lived at Pentrosfa House, Llandrindod Wells, Radnorshire, where he of a heart attack on 6 April 1945, aged 71. He was buried in Llange churchyard. Davies was survived by his wife and two daughters. Davis was an earnest churchman and had served on the Representative Body the Governing Body of the Church in Wales. He was a careful thorough operator with a wide outlook. He was much respected by students and familiarly known as "Leighton". He was modest and retiring by disposition.
Publications:-
Dacryorhinostomy in treatment of lachrymal sac obstruction: results of Toti's anastomotic method. Proc Roy Soc Med. 1921, 14, 59.
Anophthalmia and microphthalmia. Brit J Ophthal. 1917, 1, 415.
Chronic glaucoma. Lancet, 1928, 1, 699.
Events
| Birth | 13 Feb 1874 | Pencoed, Glamorganshire | |||
| Residence | 1881 | with his widowed paternal grandfather - Wenallt, Llangeitho, Cardiganshire | |||
| Residence | 1891 | as a pupil - Christ College, Brecon, Breconshire | |||
| Residence | 1901 | University College Hospital, Gower Street, London | |||
| Occupation | 1901 | house physician - University College Hospital, Gower Street, London | |||
| Marriage | 9 Aug 1905 | Christ Church Parish Church, Woburn Square, London - Margaret Christine "Maggie" PROUDFOOT |  | ||
| Residence | 9 Aug 1905 | 4, Tavistock Place, London | |||
| Occupation | 9 Aug 1905 | doctor of medicine - London | |||
| Residence (family) | 1911 | 31, Newport Road, Cardiff, Glamorganshire - Margaret Christine "Maggie" PROUDFOOT | |||
| Occupation | 1911 | doctor of medicine - Cardiff, Glamorganshire | |||
| Residence (family) | 1928 | 31, Newport Road, Cardiff, Galmorganshire - Margaret Christine "Maggie" PROUDFOOT | |||
| Miscellaneous | 8 Sep 1928 | arrived aboard the SS Johan de Witt from Genoa, Italy - the Port of Southampton | |||
| Residence (family) | 29 Sep 1939 | University College, Newport Road, Cardiff, Glamorganshire - Margaret Christine "Maggie" PROUDFOOT | |||
| Occupation | 29 Sep 1939 | opthalmic surgeon - University College, Newport Road, Cardiff, Glamorganshire | |||
| Death | 6 Apr 1945 | Pentrosfa House, Llandrindod Wells, Radnorshire | |||
| Burial | 9 Apr 1945 | Llangeitho Parish Church, Cardiganshire | | ||
| Probate | 28 Jun 1945 | Llandaf | |
Families
| Spouse | Margaret Christine "Maggie" PROUDFOOT (1876 - 1959) |
| Child | Mary Bruce DAVIES (1907 - 1985) |
| Child | Catherine Bruce DAVIES SRN (1911 - 2008) |
| Father | Rev David Peter DAVIES BA (1848 - 1888) |
| Mother | Mary BRUCE (1845 - 1875) |
| Sibling | Mary Bruce DAVIES (1875 - 1936) |