 In 1910, he contributed £150,000 (£ as of 2020) to the King Edward VII Welsh National Memorial, which was formed with the aim of eradicating tuberculosis in Wales.He endowed perhaps the world's first Chair in International Politics, established in honour of Woodrow Wilson in 1919 at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, which also hosts the David Davies Memorial Institute of International Studies.He was also the president of the National Library of Wales.