DAVIS, WALTER STEWART, third son of William Davis, Well Close, Gloucs., landowner, and Adelaide, third dau. of Miles Stringer, Effingham Hill, Surrey; b. 23 Aug 1865; adm. (H, later G) 23 Sep 1880; left Aug 1883; joined ICS 16 Nov 1884 as Officiating Assistant District Superintendent of Police; Assistant Political Officer, Black Mountain expedition 1888, 1891-2; with Chitral Relief Force 1895-6; Political Agent and Deputy Commissioner Nov 1905; Political Agent, Bhopal 1912; retired Jul 1920; JP (1927) Gloucestershire; m. 5 Aug 1897 Georgina, youngest dau. of David Ross CIE, Dingwall, Inverness-shire; d. 6 Jan 1946.

Davison, Ronald Ian, son of Sir Ronald Conway Davison, lecturer in Economics Univ. of Lond., and his first wife Juliet Marion, d. of John Peter Grant of Rothiemurchus, Inverness; b. 15 Nov. 1914; adm. Sept. 1928 (G); left July 1931; Oriel Coll. Oxf., matric. 1932, BA, MA 1959; Warden Univ. Coll. Exeter 1939-40; RASC 1940-3; staff of Brit. Council, Palestine and London, 1943- 55; Brooklands Tech. Coll., dept of management studies, lecturer 1955, head of dept. 1958; lecturer in Adult Education Univ. of Manchester 1965, Open Univ. (E. Anglia) 1971; m. 5 Aug. 1946 Cynthia Doris, d. of Maj. A. C. Whitfield of Nicosia, Cyprus; d. 9 Feb. 1983.

Davson, Harry Miller, eldest son of Sir Henry Katz Davson, of Bayswater, by Anne Helen, daughter of Thomas Miller, of Inchbank, Perth; b. June 4, 1872; adm. Sept. 24, 1885 (G); left Dec. 1887; 2nd Lieut. R. F. A. Feb. 12, 1892; Lieut. Feb. 12, 1895; Capt. March 15, 1900; Adjutant Jan. 5, 1907; Major June 13, 1909; temp. Lieut.-Col. June 27 - July 7, 1915; Lieut.-Col. July 8, 1915; half pay July 8, 1920; retired Jan. 8, 1921; served in the S. African War 1899-1900, and in Great War I 1914-9 on the western front; mentioned in despatches L. G. Sept. 10, 1901, Jan. 1, 1916, Jan. 4, May 18, Dec. 14, 1917, and Dec. 23, 1918; D.S.O. June 4, 1917; C.M.G. June 3, 1919, re-employed as interviewing officer 1939-42; Chairman of the War Memorial Committee 1945; author of the History of the 35th Division; m. Jan. 10, 1910, the Hon. Georgina Violet St. Clair, youngest daughter of Charles, 15th Baron Sinclair; d. Nov. 10, 1961.

Dawnay, Denys, son ofMaj.-Gen. Alan Geoffrey Charles Dawnay CBE DSO of Beaulieu, Hants, and Elizabeth, d. of John George Bulteel of Ascot, Berks; b. 26 Jan. 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (G); left July 1938; d. 9 Feb. 1983.

Dawson, Philip John, son of Sir Philip Dawson Kt MP MICE, of Sydenham, Kent, and Lucy Hume, d. of Rev. Preb. Arthur Barwick Simpson, Rector of Fittleworth, Sussex; b. 28 Oct. 1898; adm. Sept. 1912 (G); left Dec. 1913; RMA Woolwich, 2nd Lieut. RA Jan. 1918, wounded (France) Mar. 1918, Lieut. July 1919; Lieut. Roy. Tank Corps 1920-3, Capt. 1930, retd 1937; Armament Res. Establishment Air Ministry 1938-58; OBE; m. 20 Sept. 1924 Dula Amy Waterlow, d. of A. Clifton Clapin of Tonbridge, Kent; d. 8 Feb. 1990.

Day, Arthur Percival, youngest son of Frederick Frampton Day, of Kensington; b. May 27, 1877; adm. May 8, 1891 (G); left July 1896; Christ's Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. March 21, 1896); B.A. 1899; London Hospital 1900-5; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1906; Surgeon P. & O. S. N. Co. 1908-10; practised at Colombo, Ceylon, in Assam, and later in the Isle of Wight; m. Sept. 9, 1912, Ada Janette, youngest daughter of William Morgan Baker, of South Kensington; d. Feb. 8, 1932.

de Grelle-Rogier, Charles Henry Vincent, son of Henry De Grelle-Rogicr, of Hampsted, Belgian Vice-Consul, by Marion Winter, daughter of James Hearne Shirley-Russell of Brantford, Ontario; b. Sept. 8, 1888; adm. April 23, 1902 (G); left Dec. 1903; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 13th Batt. Royal Sussex Regt. Jan. 8, 1915; a clerk in the Ministry of Labour 1930; m. June 7, 1918, Gwendoline Ada, daughter of Henry Band, of Eastbourne.

de Kay, Francis Corwin, son of John de Kay, of Regents Park; b. Jan. 3, 1904; adm. Jan. 17, 1918 (G); left Aug. 1922.

de Montmorency, Sir Arnold Geoffroy, Bt, son of James Edward Geoffroy de Montmorency, Quain Prof. of Internat. Law, Lond. Univ., and Caroline Maud Saumarez, d. of Maj.-Gen. James de Havilland; b. 27 July 1908; adm. Sept. 1922 (G); left July 1927; Peterhouse Camb., matric. 1927, BA 1930, LLB 1931, MA 1934; called to the Bar (Middle Temple) Nov. 1932; SE Circuit; RASC 1940-5 (Lieut.); contested (L) Cambridge 1959, Cirencester & Tewkesbury 1964; literary ed. and chairman Contemporary Review; part-time Chairman of Industrial Tribu­nals 1975-81; succ. his cousin as 19th Baronet 1979; m. 20 Apr. 1949 Nettie Hay, d. of William Anderson of Surbiton; div. 1953 but remarried former wife 1974; d. 23 Dec. 2003.

DE SAUSMAREZ, SIR HAVILLAND WALTER, BART., second son of Rev. Havilland De Sausmarez, Rector of St. Peter’s, Northampton, and his second wife Anne Priaulx, dau. of Rev. Nicholas Walters, Rector of Stamford St. Peter, Lincolnshire; b. 30 May 1861; adm. as exhibitioner (G) 27 May 1875; QS 1876; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1880, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1880, matr. Mich. 1880; BA 1884; called to bar, Inner Temple 17 Nov 1884; South-Eastern circuit; practised in Lagos, Nigeria; Assistant Judge, HBM Consular Court, Zanzibar 1892-7; Assistant Judge, Supreme Consular Court for Ottoman Dominions 1897-1903, Judge 1903-5; Judge, HBM Supreme Court for China and Korea 1905-21; knighted 9 Nov 1905; presided at Court of Appeal, Hong Kong 1913-21; Bailiff of Guernsey 1922-9; created baronet 26 Jun 1928; of Sausmarez Manor, Guernsey; hon. Doctor of Law, Caen 1927; author, The Extents of Guernsey 1248-1351, 1934, and other publications on the history of Guernsey; m. 1st, 2 Jun 1892 Dora Beatrice, second dau. of Maj. -Gen. Gother Frederick Mann CB, Royal Engineers, Guernsey; m. 2nd, 9 Apr 1896 Annie Elizabeth GBE, younger dau. of Rev. Frederick William Mann, Rector of St. Mary’s De Castro, Guernsey; d. 6 Mar 1941.