He was born in Llanelli, the son of Ebenezer Curig Davies and his wife Enid (née Hughes).
Although both sets of grandparents were Welsh speaking, differences in dialect sometimes made communication difficult.
Davies therefore did not stand in Caerphilly, but was adopted in Basingstoke, having moved to the New Forest after marrying Amanda Barker-Mill in 1972.
Hudson-Davies remained active in public life as chairman of a museum trust in the New Forest in the south of England.
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