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Davies-Colley, Robert, brother of Hugh Davies-Colley (q.v.); b. Aug. 8, 1881; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 27, 1895 (H); left Aug. 1899; Emman. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1899; B.A. 1902; M.A. and B. Ch. 1908; M. Ch. 1909; Guy's Hospital; M.R.C.S. (Eng.) 1906; F.R.C.S. 1908; Surgeon to Guy's Hospital 1912-46; Erasmus Wilson Lecturer at the Royal College of Surgeons; served with the R.A.M.C. in France and with the Expeditionary Force to Mesopotamia; temp. Col. Sept. 8, 1918; mentioned in despatches; C.M.G. June 3, 1918; m. Sept. 9, 1908, Emily Cecilia, daughter of Arthur Crosby Brett Jones, of Chatham; d. April 16, 1955.

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DAVIS, ---; b.; in under school list 1721.

Davis, Cedric Mansfield Denman, son of Herbert Mansfield Davis, of Maidenhead, Berks, by Emily Gertrude, daughter of Thomas Rutledge Denman, of Woodford Green, Essex; b. April 16, 1901; adm. Sept. 23, 1915 (H); left July 1918; in business with his father as an insurance broker; m. Jan. 1, 1927, Sheila Dorothy Beadle; d. April 6, 1958.

DAVIS, CHARLES; b.; in school list 1797; left Whitsun 1799. [Perhaps younger brother of Henry John Davis, qv]

Davis, Colin Charles Houghton, son of Sydney Charles Houghton Davis (qv); b. 29 July 1933; adm. Sept. 1946 (R); left July 1949; Central Lond. Poly., AIL (French); an internat. racing driver; 1st in Targa Florio, Italy with Baron A. Pucci (Porsche) 1964; 1st in Le Mans, France 24hr Index of Performance with de Tomaso (OSCA) 1958, and with Siffert (Porsche) 1966; retd. from motor sport 1967; radio broadcaster, Cape Town, South Africa; m. 6 Aug. 1964 Eva Maria, d. of Oscar Francis Schnitzer, of Kensington; d. 19 Dec. 2012.

Davis, Edward Arthur (Edward Leopold Arthur Abrahams at school), son of Arthur Abraham Abrahams, of Hyde Park, by Hilda Elizabeth, daughter of Julian Davis, of Kensington; b. June 2, 1902; adm. Sept. 21, 1916 (A); left Dec. 1918; an insurance broker; changed name by deed poll to Davis in lieu of Abrahams; Pilot Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R. July 17, 1940; relinquished his commission owing to ill-health May 21, 1941; Master of the Company of Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Blenders, 1959; m. Feb. 7, 1935, Betty Marie, only daughter of James Adler, of St. Johns Wood; d. 6 Apr. 1978.

DAVIS, EDWARD; b. 3 Jun 1813; adm. 26 May 1823.

DAVIS, GEORGE AUGUSTUS, eldest son of Thomas Davis FRCS, London, surgeon, and Maria Christina, only dau. of John Spicer, Esher Place, Surrey; nephew by marriage of William Page (KS 1791, qv) (Alum. Westmon., 1852, 508); b. 17 Jun 1817; adm. 30 Jun 1828 (Stikeman's); KS 1832; left 1833; St. George’s Hospital; MRCS 1840; practised in Spring Gardens, Charing Cross; d. 23 May 1868.