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In 1877, Davies was one of the Canadian counsel who appeared on behalf of the British Government before the [[Halifax Fisheries Commission]], appointed under the [[Treaty of Washington (1871)]] to resolve outstanding issues, including fishing rights.{{cn|date=September 2019}} The Commission gave an award directing the United States to pay $5,500,000 to the British Government.{{cn|date=September 2019}}
 
Davies was appointed [[Queen's Counsel]] in 1880, and [[knighthood|knighted]] by [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]] in 1897.<ref>{{cncite book|title=The International Year-book: A Compendium of the World's Progress During the Year|url=https://books.google.ca/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=VZs2AQAAMAAJ&dq=Louis+Henry+Davies+queen%27s+counsel&q=louis+henry+davies#v=snippet&q=louis%20henry%20davies&f=false|access-date=September27 2019April 2021|volume=1|year=1899|publisher=Dodd, Mead|page=258}}</ref>
 
==Political career==