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Davis, Godfrey Mark, son of Joseph Davis, solicitor, of Hampstead, and Caroline, d. of William Harris of Maida Vale; b. 5 July 1914; adm. Jan. 1928 (H); left July 1931; Univ. of Lond., LLB 1936; adm. a solicitor May 1937; 13/18 Hussars RAC 1940-5 (Maj.); Clerk to the Tax Commis­sioners for St Marylebone divn of Westminster; retd 1986; Master Worshipful Co. of Wyre Drawers 1988; m. 25 Mar. 1948 Sheila Mary, d. of Albert Alexander Victor Purser of Twyford, Berks; d. 26 Nov. 1991.

Davis, Henry James, son of Charles James Davis, of Barnes, by Alice, daughter of Edwin Eyles, of Canterbury, Kent; b. July 10, 1890; adm. April 21, 1904 (H); K.S. Sept. 28, 1905; left July 1908; a land agent and surveyor in London; served in the Mediterranean Auxiliary Patrol R. N. V. R.; Lieut. March 3, 1917; Lieut., General List, Dec. 18, 1940; Major; Superintending Valuer, War Office; O.B.E. 1944; m. June 7, 1921, Doris Marguerite, daughter of John William Cook, of Blackheath, Kent; d. Dec. 20, 1959.

DAVIS, HENRY, son of Henry Davis, London; b.; adm. (aged 8) May 1717; KS 1722; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1726, adm. pens. 10 Jun 1726, scholar 14 Apr 1727; 10th in “ordo” 1729/30; BA 1729/30; MA 1733; BD 1742; DD 1749; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1732, Major Fellow 4 Jul 1733, Senior Fellow; occasional tutor 1741, 1744, 1745, Junior Dean 1746-7, Senior Dean 1747-8, Vice-Master 1764-6; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 23 Dec 1733, priest 1 Jun 1740; Vicar of Over, Cambs. 1745; Vicar of Trumpington, Cambs., 1747-63; Rector of Fakenham, Norfolk, from 1763; d. 1770 (will proved PCC 6 Jun 1770).

DAVIS, HENRY; b.; adm. (aged 15) Jan 1739/40 (Taylor's); left 1741.

Davis, John Frank, son of Frank Cecil Davis MBE, writer on art and antiques, of Welwyn, Herts, and Gysella Nelly, d. of Commandant Edgar Amedée Simeon Dusser of St-Georges-de­-Didonne, France; b. 28 Feb. 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (KS); left July 1935; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1935, BA 1938, MA 1967; Asst Princ. Min. of Economic Warfare 1939; PO RAFVR Apr. 1940, FO July 1941, Flt Lieut. Mar. 1942; Flt Lieut. RAF Sept. 1945, Sqdn Ldr Aug. 1947, Wing Cdr July 1954, Group Capt. Jan. 1959, Air Cdre Jan. 1964; DFC Mar. 1943, AFC Jan. 1950; OBE June 1957; retd from RAF 31 Dec. 1964; PR dir. Philips Industries (UK) Ltd 1971; m. 1st 9 Sept. 1939 Pamela Mary, d. of Air Cdre Archibald Robert Boyle CMG OBE MC RAF, of Stoke Hill, Guildford; 2nd 19 Sept. 1947 Elaine, d. of Harold Smorthwaite of Chislehurst, Kent; 3rd 19 Feb. 1980 Betty Waite; d. 7 Feb. 1988.

DAVIS, RICHARD; b. 23 Jul 1855; adm. (G) 28 Sep 1865; left Mar 1870.

DAVIS, ROBERT, son of Peter Davis, Wells, Somerset, barrister, Bencher Lincoln’s Inn; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jul 1717; Min. Can. 1718; KS 1719; Lincoln Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 May 1723; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 3 Mar 1720/1, called to bar 16 Jun 1727.

Davis, Robin Tullidge, son of Edgar Tullidge Davis, HM Parkside Sch. E. Horsley, Surrey, and Maude Beatrice, d. of William Macdonald Matthews of Tunbridge Wells; b. 12 July 1917; adm. Jan. 1931 (R); left July 1934; Nat. Coal Board 1947-73; bursar Parkside Sch. 1974-82; d. June 1987.

DAVIS, STAPLETON, son of John Davis, Montserrat, West Indies; b. (Kingston, Jamaica); adm.; QS (aged 15) 1713; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. pens. 20 Aug 1717; Clare Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 30 Aug 1718; migrated to Christ’s Coll., adm. pens. 29 Feb 1719/20, fellow commoner 1720-2; BA 1721/2 (incorp. Oxford 22 May 1723); ordained priest 17 Mar 1727/8; Chaplain, Royal Navy 1728; went out to St. Kitts, West Indies, with usual bounty of £20 as an “emigrant minister”, 12 Nov 1729; m. Sarah Millward.

Davis, Sydney Charles Houghton, son of Edward Charles Davis, of South Kensington, by Georgina Mary Fielding; b. Jan. 9, 1887; adm. May 6, 1897 (R); left July 1903; apprenticed in the Daimler Works 1903-7; a racing motorist; served in Great Wars I and II; Lieut. R. N. V. R. (Armoured Car Section) June 15, 1916; Lieut. R. A. O. C. April 3, 1940; transferred to R.E. M. E.; Major; mentioned in despatches (N. W. Europe) L. G. May 10, 1945; author of Motor Racing (1932), Rallies and Trials (1935), Great British Drivers (1960) and other works on motoring subjects; m. 1st June 16, 1917, Rosamund Sylvia Evelyn, sister of Hugh Bertie Campbell Pollard (q.v.); 2nd 1956, Susanna, daughter of Jack Leo Aubrey-Hall, engineer, of Worcester; d. 9 Jan. 1981.