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<u>Architect, Politician, Fire Chief and Hoole Resident</u>
[[File:DF10 Richard Cecil Davies.jpg|left|thumb|287x287px|''<small>Richard Cecil Davies 1861 to 1917</small>'']]
Richard Cecil Davies was born at 30 Peploe Street on 25th February 1861, the second child of John Henry. He was to follow his father’s profession and on the 1881 census Richard is listed as an architect’s assistant living with the family in Seller Street, Chester. In 1882, aged 21, he was made a Freeman of Chester, and his occupation is shown as Architect. He divided his time between his professional activities as a local politician and an architect and the military as well as the Hoole & Chester
On the death of his father in 1906 he became Senior Partner of the family architectural firm, working with his two brothers, Arthur and Horace. Here he focused more on the commercial and surveying side of the firm rather than in preparation of designs. He was personally involved in 1900 on the extension of the Bromfield Arms, which doubled the size of the public house, built 40 years earlier and here he was to host many civic and fire brigade dinners. His further work included the design of a proposed cinema off Walker Street in 1906, which was never built.
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===Arthur Frederick Davies (1865 – 1926)===
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