In 1969 they founded the current affairs magazine Barn. With a group of friends and acquaintances Davies formed Harlech Television (later HTV) which made a successful bid for the Wales and West independent television franchise, displacing the incumbent TWW in 1967. Davies persuaded Lord Harlech to become chairman of HTV Group while Davies became vice-chairman. Davies was chairman of the Welsh board from 1967 to 1973. Davies was an active supporter of the National Eisteddfod of Wales and was President of the Court from 1979 to 1982. In 1980 he co-founded the Welsh Portrait Sculpture Trust which commissioned a series of portrait busts of distinguished Welshmen from the sculptor Ivor Roberts-Jones. In 1982 he became a trustee of the Welsh Sculpture Trust which established an outdoor sculpture collection in Margam Country Park. Other appointments and honours Knighted (1976) Chairman of the Bank of Wales (1991–1995) Publication References External links Portrait by John Elwyn in the collection of the National Library of Wales. 1913 births 2000 deaths People from Gorseinon Alumni of Aberystwyth University Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge 20th-century Welsh judges Knights Bachelor Members of Gray's Inn Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates People educated at Gowerton Grammar School Welsh King's Counsel