Sir David Richard Llewellyn, 1st Baronet (9 March 1879 – 15 December 1940) was a Welsh industrialist and financier.[1]

He was born in Aberdare, South Wales, the son of Alderman Rees Llewellyn, JP and educated at Llandovery College and Cardiff University. Starting with one small colliery in 1905 his expertise with electrically driven cutters that could mine thin seams enabled him to systematically acquire a range of businesses across the south Wales coalfields.[2] He was created a baronet in 1922; and in 1930 he was elected chairman of Welsh Associated Collieries Ltd.[3]

Baronetage of the United Kingdom New creation Baronet(of Bwllfa) 1922–1940 Succeeded byRhys Llewellyn

References

  1. ^ Obituaries The Times (London, England), Monday, Dec 16, 1940; pg. 7; Issue 48800
  2. ^ John Williams, ‘Llewellyn, Sir David Richard, first baronet (1879–1940)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2011 accessed 29 Dec 2012
  3. ^ LLEWELLYN, Sir David Richard’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 29 Dec 2012


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