Theophilus Harris Davies (4 January 1834 – 25 May 1898) was an English businessman. He was the founder of Theo H. Davies & Co., one of Hawaii's "Big Five" sugar firms.
Davies was born in Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England, the son of a Welsh minister and his English wife.[1] He was recruited in England to join the firm of Janion, Green & Co. in Hawaii, a successor to Starkey, Janion & Co., formed in 1845. Partners were Robert Cheshire Janion and William Lowthian Green.
Davies arrived in 1857 but returned to England in 1862, where he stayed until 1867. He then returned to Honolulu, to bail out Janion. By January 1868, Davies controlled the business and it was being operated as Theo. H. Davies and Company.[2]
Under the laws of the Provisional Government, it became Theo H. Davies & Co., Limited, in January 1894. It grew to become one of Hawaii's "Big Five" sugar firms. He acted as a guardian of Princess Kaʻiulani while she travelled to Europe and the United States. Davies died on 25 May 1898.[5]
Referencesedit
^Edward Clowes Chorley (1950). Historical magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church. US Church Historical Society. p. 231.
^Erika Engle (19 October 2003). "Rumored sales of Theo Davies' businesses may signal its end". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
^"Sir George Davies, 75, Son Of Company's Founder, Dies". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Honolulu. 21 June 1950. p. 1.
^"Very Rev. A. W. Davies". The Times. 17 September 1966. p. 10.
^Ralph S. Kuykendall (1967). Hawaiian Kingdom 1874–1893: the Kalakaua Dynasty. University of Hawaii Press. p. 115. ISBN978-0-87022-433-1.
Further readingedit
Edwin Palmer Hoyt (1983). Davies: the inside story of a British-American family in the Pacific and its business enterprises. Topgallant Publishing Company. ISBN0-914916-58-0.
November 29, 2023
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