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'George Llewelyn Davies' (20 July 1893 - 15 March 1915) was the eldest son of Arthur and Sylvia Llewelyn Davies. Along with his brothers, George was the inspiration for playwright J. M. Barrie's characters of Peter Pan and the Lost Boys. The character George Darling was named after him.
Davies and his brother Jack met Barrie during their regular outings to Kensington Gardens, with their nurse Mary Hodgson. As the oldest (he was four years old when he met Barrie) he featured most prominently in the early storytelling and play adventures from which the writer drew ideas for the character of Peter Pan and early versions of the story. The character of David in Barrie's 1901 book ''The Little White Bird'' resembles him as a small boy. He and Jack (and to a lesser extent Peter) were featured in a photo storybook ''The Boy Castaways'' which Barrie produced during a shared holiday at Barrie's Black Lake Cottage in 1901. Davies' reported exclamation in response to Barrie's tales about babies who died and went to live in Neverland, "To die will be an awfully big adventure," became one of the most memorable lines of the 1904 play ''Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up''.
Barrie financially supported Davies and his brothers following the death of their father (1907), and became their guardian following the death of their mother (1910). Davies remained very close with "Uncle Jim" as he grew up and went away to school, with the two exchanging letters regularly. His brother Nico later described him (and their brother Michael) as "The Ones": the boys who meant the most to Barrie.
Davies attended Eton College, where he excelled at sports (especially cricket) and was elected to the elite social club Pop while still an underclassman. He later attended Cambridge University where he joined the Amateur Dramatic Club. Following the UK's entry into World War I, Davies volunteered and received a commission as a second lieutenant in the King's Royal Rifle Corps, serving in the trenches in Flanders. He died of a gunshot to the head at the age of 21. He had no wife and left no children.
In the 1978 BBC mini-series ''The Lost Boys'', he was portrayed at various ages by Barnaby Holm (son of actor Ian Holm, who portrayed Barrie), Paul Holmes, Philip Kassler, Mark Benson, and Christopher Blake. In the 2004 film ''Finding Neverland'' he was portrayed as a child by Nick Roud.
★ Birkin, Andrew: ''J. M. Barrie & the Lost Boys'' (Yale University Press, 2003)
★ Web site about the Llewelyn Davies family
'George Llewelyn Davies' (20 July 1893 - 15 March 1915) was the eldest son of Arthur and Sylvia Llewelyn Davies. Along with his brothers, George was the inspiration for playwright J. M. Barrie's characters of Peter Pan and the Lost Boys. The character George Darling was named after him.
Davies and his brother Jack met Barrie during their regular outings to Kensington Gardens, with their nurse Mary Hodgson. As the oldest (he was four years old when he met Barrie) he featured most prominently in the early storytelling and play adventures from which the writer drew ideas for the character of Peter Pan and early versions of the story. The character of David in Barrie's 1901 book ''The Little White Bird'' resembles him as a small boy. He and Jack (and to a lesser extent Peter) were featured in a photo storybook ''The Boy Castaways'' which Barrie produced during a shared holiday at Barrie's Black Lake Cottage in 1901. Davies' reported exclamation in response to Barrie's tales about babies who died and went to live in Neverland, "To die will be an awfully big adventure," became one of the most memorable lines of the 1904 play ''Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up''.
Barrie financially supported Davies and his brothers following the death of their father (1907), and became their guardian following the death of their mother (1910). Davies remained very close with "Uncle Jim" as he grew up and went away to school, with the two exchanging letters regularly. His brother Nico later described him (and their brother Michael) as "The Ones": the boys who meant the most to Barrie.
Davies attended Eton College, where he excelled at sports (especially cricket) and was elected to the elite social club Pop while still an underclassman. He later attended Cambridge University where he joined the Amateur Dramatic Club. Following the UK's entry into World War I, Davies volunteered and received a commission as a second lieutenant in the King's Royal Rifle Corps, serving in the trenches in Flanders. He died of a gunshot to the head at the age of 21. He had no wife and left no children.
In the 1978 BBC mini-series ''The Lost Boys'', he was portrayed at various ages by Barnaby Holm (son of actor Ian Holm, who portrayed Barrie), Paul Holmes, Philip Kassler, Mark Benson, and Christopher Blake. In the 2004 film ''Finding Neverland'' he was portrayed as a child by Nick Roud.
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External links and references
★ Birkin, Andrew: ''J. M. Barrie & the Lost Boys'' (Yale University Press, 2003)
★ Web site about the Llewelyn Davies family
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