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DAVIE, SIR JOHN, BART., elder son of Sir John Davie, Bart., and Elizabeth, dau. of John Acland, Killerton, Devon; bap 4 Aug 1731; succ. as 7th baronet Aug 1737; adm. (aged 15) Feb 1746/7 (Ludford's); left 1749; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 9 Apr 1750; MA 21 Nov 1754; High Sheriff, Devon 1761; m. 7 Jul 1763 Catharine, dau. of John Stokes, Rill, Devon; d. 18 Sep 1792.

DAVIE, JOHN, son of Rev. Samuel Davie, Rector of Tattenhall, Cheshire, and Mary, dau. of Robert Hyde, Barrow; b.; adm. (aged 8) Nov 1719; in under school list 1724; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 22 Mar 1727/8; BA 1731; MA 1734; Fellow of Brasenose Coll. 6 Feb 1732/3 - 2 Apr 1751, Vice-Principal 1745-6, Junior Bursar 1746-7, Senior Bursar 1748-50; ordained; Rector of Selham, Sussex 17 Apr 1749 and of St. Mary’s, Whitechapel, London, from 9 Jan 1749/50; d. 9 Aug 1756.

DAVIE, WILLIAM, brother of Sir John Davie, Bart. (qv); b.; adm. (aged 13) Feb 1746/7 (Ludford's); left 1749; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 1 Jun 1753; BA 1757; MA 1760; ordained; Vicar of Exminster, Devon, from 8 Jan 1759; Vicar of Wolborough, Devon, from 1760; Rector of Tedburn St. Mary, Devon, from 1767; buried Exminster 14 Feb 1778.

DAVIES, ---; b.; in school lists 1764; left Christmas 1764.

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

DAVIES, ---; b.; in school list Dec 1788.

Davies, Arthur Aird Mercer, son of Arthur Mercer Davies (q.v.); b. March 5, 1888; adm. April 23, 1902 (A); left July 1906; Univ. Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1906; B.A. and M.A. 1916; Westminster Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1912; Lieut. R.A.M.C. July 26, 1912, Capt. March 30, 1915; Major July 26, 1924; Lieut.-Col. Dec. 28, 1934; Col. March 1940; temp. Brig. March 1943 - June 1944; retired Sept. 1946; served in India in Great War I, and in the Iraq Operations 1920-21; in Great War II in India and the Middle East; asst. med. off. Leasowe Hosp., nr. Birkenhead, 1948-62; m. 1917 Pearl, daughter of Arthur Venis, C. I. E., M.A., D. Litt., of Benares, India; d. 1967.

DAVIES, ARTHUR MERCER, brother of Richard Hunter Davies (qv); b. 17 Sep 1853; adm. 28 Jan 1867; QS 1868; left Whitsun 1872; Westminster Hospital; student exhibitioner 1875; LSA 1879; MRCS 1880; DPH (Cambridge) 1889; entered Army Medical Department; Surgeon-Capt., 30 Jul 1881; Surgeon-Maj., 30 Jul 1893; Lieut. -Col., 30 Jul 1901; retired 17 Sep 1908; served Egyptian War 1882, Sudan expedition 1884, Nile expedition 1884-5; Assistant Professor of Hygiene, Army Medical School, Netley 1886-92; Professor of Hygiene, Royal Army Medical College 1906-8; author, The Handbook of Hygiene, 1895, and other works; m. 1 Jul 1886 Evelyn Crosbie, dau. of Capt. David Aird, Royal Navy, Pembroke, South Wales; d. Oct 1929.

Davies, Basil Edward Gething, son of Rev. Edward Davies, Rector of St Andrew Major with Dinas Powis, Clam., and Elizabeth Sarah Gething, d. of Samuel Rutter of Maesteg, Glam.; b. 5 Oct. 1905; adm. Sept. 1920 (G); left July 1924; Wadham Coll. Oxf., matric. 1924, BA 1927, MA 1943; asst master Alleyn's Sch. Dulwich 1930-41; RAFVR (A & SD) 1941-5 (Flt Lieut.); Bor­ough Education Officer Beckenham 1947; m. 11 Oct. 1944 Lorna Elizabeth, d. of Frederick William Howell of Stibbard, Norfolk; d. 5 Dec. 1986.