Davey, Archibald Paterson, son of Thomas G. Davey, of Gunnersbury; b. Jan. 10, 1887; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (H); left Easter 1905; Jesus Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1905; living at Sydney, Australia in 1937
Davey, Kingsley, brother of Archibald Paterson Davey (q.v.); b. March 30, 1888; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (H); left Dec. 1902.
DAVID, PHILIP PETER, son of John David, Westminster, and Blanche Baraille (IGI); b. 13 Dec 1740; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1755; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1759, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1759, scholar 2 May 1760, matr. Mich. 1759; BA 1763; MA 1766; Minor Fellow Trin. Coll. 2 Oct 1765, Major Fellow 2 Jul 1766; ordained priest (Winchester) 9 Oct 1763; Curate, Ockham, Surrey 1763.
DAVID, RICHARD; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jul 1749 (Howe's); in school list 1754.
Davidson, Archer Grant, son of Alexander Gordon Davidson, M. D., of Tarkwa, Gold Coast Colony, West Africa, by Jane Napier, daughter of Richard Robb Grant, of Glasgow; b. Oct. 27, 1902; adm. May 2, 1917 (R); left July 1919; in the employment of the African and Eastern Trading Co. Ltd., at Kumasi, Ashanti, Ghana.
Davidson, Aubrey Maurice, son of Maurice Davidson DM FRCP, physician to Brompton Hosp. for Tuberculosis, and Gretchen Lucy, d. of Rev. Horatio Bolton Smith, Vicar of Wymering, Hants; b. 5 Aug. 1925; adm. Sept. 1939 (G); left July 1943; Trin. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1943; Roy. Dental Hosp., LDS 1950; in practice in London; m. 6 Oct. 1956 Kathleen Mary, d. of J. A. S. Wright of Kensington; d. 1 Jan. 2005.
Davidson, Francis Coventry Dudfield, brother of Henry George Lindsay Davidson (q.v.); b. Aug. 18, 1874; adm. Sept. 22, 1887 (H); left Dec. 1890; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1893; 2nd Lieut. 2nd Batt. the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regt. March 6, 1895; Lieut. Jan. 1, 1897; served in the South African War; d. of wounds received in action at Pieter's Hill, South Africa, Feb. 24, 1900.
Davidson, Henry George Lindsay, son of Lieut.-Col. Charles Middlemass Davidson, of Dover, Kent, by a daughter of B. B. Williams, of Buscot Park, Berks; b. Aug. 29, 1872; adm. Jan. 14, 1886 (H); left April 1890; Trin. Hall, Camb., matric. Oct. 1890; B.A. 1893; M.A. 1898; called to the bar at the Middle Temple May 17, 1905; South-Eastern Circuit, Central Criminal Court, and parliamentary draftsman; Major 3rd Batt. R. Lancs Regt. Feb. 16, 1908; Capt. Reserve of Officers; served in the expedition to Gallipoli in Great War I; d. Feb. 19, 1934.
Davidson, John Andrew, 2nd Viscount Davidson, elder son of John Colin Campbell, 1st Viscount Davidson (qv); b. 22 Dec. 1928; adm. Sept. 1942 (G); Capt. of Sch. and Prin. Opp. 1946; left July 1947; The Black Watch and 5th Bn KAR 1947-9; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. 1949, BA 1952; farmed in Suffolk; succ. his father as 2nd Viscount 11 Dec. 1970; dir. Strutt & Parker (Farms) Ltd. and Lord Rayleigh’s Farms Inc. 1960-75; East Anglia Economic Planning Council 1971-5; a Lord in Waiting 1985-6; Capt., Yeoman of the Guard 1986-91; dep. Govt. Chief Whip, House of Lords, 1986-91; m. 1st, 30 June 1956 (div. 1974) Margaret Birgitta, d. of Maj. -Gen. Cyril Henry Norton CB, of Nottingham; 2nd, 1975 Pamela Joy Dobb, d. of John Vergette; d. 20 July 2012.
Davidson, John Colin Campbell, 1st Viscount Davidson, only son of Sir James Mackenzie Davidson, Kt., M.B., C. M., of London, by Georgiana Barbara Watt, daughter of William Henderson, of Aberdeen; b. Feb. 23, 1889; adm. Jan. 15, 1903 (A); left July 1907; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1907; B.A. 1910; Private Secretary to several Cabinet Ministers, including the Rt. Hon. A. Bonar Law when Prime Minister, 1910-23; called to the bar at the Middle Temple June 4, 1913; M. P. Herts (Hemel Hempstead Div.) Nov. 1920 - Nov. 1923, and from Oct. 1924; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster June 1923 - Jan. 1924; Financial Secretary to the Admiralty Nov. 1924 - Nov. 1926; Chairman of the Conservative Party organization 1926-30; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1931-7; served in Home Guard in Great War II; Controller of Production, Ministry of Information 1941; C. B. Jan. 1, 1919; C. H. March 25, 1923; P. C. 1928; G. C. V. O. 1935; created a Viscount May 28, 1937; a Governor of the School July 1927; Busby Trustee 1929; president of the Elizabethan Club 1946-49; represented Westminster on Governing Bodies' Assn. 1949-59; m. April 10, 1919, the Hon. Frances Joan, younger daughter of Willoughby, 1st Baron Dickinson; d. 11 Dec. 1970.