John "Jack" Llewelyn Davies (11 September 1894 â€" 17 September 1959)
was the second eldest of the Llewelyn Davies boys befriended by Peter
Pan creator J. M. Barrie, and one of the inspirations for the boy
characters in the story of Peter Pan. He served in the Royal Navy
during World War I. He was the first cousin of the English writer
Daphne du Maurier.Davies and his elder brother George first met the
writer on their regular outings in Kensington Gardens with their nurse
Mary Hodgson and infant brother Peter in 1897. They took part in play
adventures with Barrie which provided much of the inspiration for the
adventures in the 1904 stage play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't
Grow Up. Shortly before writing the play, Barrie created a photo book
titled The Boy Castaways, featuring the three oldest brothers
pretending to be shipwrecked on an island and fighting pirates, themes
that later appeared in the Peter Pan story. The character of John
Darling, the older of Wendy's brothers, was named after him.In 1906
Davies was recommended by Barrie to Captain Robert F. Scott for a
position at Osborne Naval College, unlike his brothers, who all
attended Eton College. Following the deaths of his parents Arthur
(1907) and Sylvia (1910), Barrie became the main guardian of the five
boys, supporting them financially. Jack reportedly harboured some
resentment towards Barrie, at times believing the writer was trying to
take his father's place (especially after his father died). He was not
as close to the writer as were his brothers, especially George and
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