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DAVENPORT, SIR THOMAS, brother of Davies Davenport (qv); b. 14 Jan 1733/4; adm. Apr 1748 (Watts'); left 1750; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Jan 1750/1; adm. Inner Temple year 1752/3, called to bar 5 Jul 1764; MP Newton (Lancashire) from 1780; Solicitor-General to Queen Charlotte 1781-2; Serjeant-at-law 25 Jun 1783; knighted 27 Jun 1783; m. c. Sep 1770 Jane, dau. of Robert Seel, Liverpool, merchant; d. at York while on circuit 25 Mar 1786.

DAVERS, HENRY, brother of Sir Robert Davers, Bart. (qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1747/8 (Burges'); left 1748; Lieut., Royal Navy 2 Jun 1756; shot himself on board ship 1759. [presumably Henry Davers, Rushbrooke, Suffolk, will proved PCC 11 Sep 1759]

DAVERS, JERMYN, illegitimate son of Sir Jermyn Davers, Bart., M. P., and Margaretta (whom he married 21 Oct 1729), eldest dau. of Rev. Edward Green, Rector of Drinkstone, Suffolk; b. 4 Dec 1720; adm. Jan. 1728/9; left 1730; living 1740.

DAVERS, SIR ROBERT, BART., eldest legitimate son of Sir Jermyn Davers, Bart., M. P., and Margaretta, eldest dau. of Rev. Edward Green, Rector of Drinkstone, Suffolk; b.; succ. as 5th baronet 20 Feb 1742/3; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1745 (Preston's); left 1751; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 24 Jan 1752, matr. 1752; Grand Tour (Italy) 1756; was in North America 1761-3; killed in a boat by Indians on or near Lake Huron Jun 1763 (and allegedly later eaten by them); unm.

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, ---; b.; in school list 1754.

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.