David Pugh (British politician)

David Pugh (1806 – 12 July 1890) was a Welsh landowner and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1857 and 1890.

Pugh was born at Manoravon, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, the eldest son of Colonel D. Pugh, of Manoravon, and his wife Elizabeth Benyon.^[1] Pugh was educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford, graduating with a B.A. in 1828.^[1] In 1837 he was called to the Bar at Inner Temple and from 1843 to 1852 was Chairman of Quarter Sessions for the county of Carmarthen. He was a Justice of the Peace for Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire and also Deputy Lieutenant. He held a commission as a captain in the Carmarthenshire Rifle Volunteers.^[1]

Pugh was elected Liberal Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire in 1857 and held the seat until 1868.^[2] He was patron and speaker at the Carmarthen Eisteddfod of 1867.^[3] In 1874, he was High Sheriff of Carmarthenshire.^[1] Pugh owned nearly 10,000 acres (40 km²) of land.and was a well known breeder of shorthorn cattle.^[4] He was owner of the Pwll Perkins mine, or Garnant Colliery where a disaster led to the loss of 10 lives in 1884.^[5] In 1885 he was elected for the new seat of Carmarthenshire East. He was re-elected unopposed when a further general election was held in 1886.^[2] Shortly before his death he announced he would not be seeking re-election, but retained the seat until his death in 1890.^[6]

Pugh never married and died at his London residence aged 84.^[6]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886
2. ^ ^{a b} Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)
3. ^ The Carmarthen Eisteddfod of 1867
4. ^ Matthew Cragoe An Anglican Aristocracy:: The moral economy of the landed estate in Carmarthenshire 1832-1895 Oxford Historical Monographs 1996
5. ^ Garnant Colliery
6. ^ ^{a b} "Obituary". The Times: p. 7. 14 July 1890. 

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by David Pugh

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by David Jones David Arthur Saunders Davies	Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire 1857 – 1868 With: David Jones	Succeeded by Edward John Sartoris John Jones
New constituency see Carmarthenshire	Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire East 1885 - 1890	Succeeded by Abel Thomas

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Name	Pugh, David
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Date of birth	1806
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Date of death	12 July 1890
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