DAVIS, THOMAS WILLIAM, brother of George Augustus Davis (qv); b. 23 Sep 1829; adm. (G) 12 Feb 1844; QS 1844; left Midsummer 1846; a clerk, House of Lords from 31 Dec 1846; d. at Madeira 31 Oct 1859.
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.
DAVIS, WILLIAM, son of Thomas Davis, Westminster; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 15) Jun 1709; QS 1710; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1714, matr. 4 Jun 1714, Westminster Student 20 Dec 1714 - 34 (expiry year of grace as V. Staunton-on-Wye), Tutor 1719-26, Junior Censor 1725; BA 1718; MA 22 Mar 1720/1; secretary to Right Rev. George Smalridge (qv); ordained; Vicar of Staunton-on-Wye, Herefs., from 25 Apr 1733; Vicar of St. Martin and All Saints, Hereford, from 23 Jul 1754; d. 10 Feb 1790.
DAVIS, WILLIAM, son of Robert Davis, London; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1746; KS 1752.
Davison, Alan Ford, son of Eric Alan Davison MD FRCS (Ed), surgeon, of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, and Alice Davison; b. 13 Nov. 1928; adm. Sept. 1943 (R); left July 1946; Univ. of Lond. and Queen’s Univ. Belfast, BSc; AMICE; professional engineer, Ontario, Canada; man. dir. Davison Construction Ltd. 1964; d. Aug. 2006.
Davison, Colin Keith Hay, son of Eric Hay Davison ACA, chief accountant Courtaulds Ltd., of Dulwich, and Gladys Inez, d. of Harry Cooper Day of Ickenham, Middlesex; b. 11 Apr. 1935; adm. Sept. 1948 (A); left July 1953; St Edmund Hall Oxf., matric. 1955, BA 1958; Cuddesdon Theol. Coll. 1958; ord. deacon 1960, priest 1961 (Southwark); Curate St Faith, Red Post Hill, 1961-3; diocesan staff of Pretoria Cathedral, South Africa, 1963-5; Rector of Rustenburg, Transvaal 1965-9; dir. Christian Inst. of South Africa 1969-71; an active opponent of apartheid, expelled with his family from South Africa 1971; chaplain King’s Coll. Camb. 1971-3; C. of E. Board of Education 1973-80; Vicar of Stapleford, Cambs, and adviser for res. and training, Ely diocese, 1980-9; founder-member Gogmagog Trust; m. 20 Aug. 1960 Pauline Jane Le Brun, social worker, d. of Harold Le Brun, master printer; d. 12 June 1989.
Davison, David Patrick, brother of Ronald Ian Davison (qv); b. 13 Feb. 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (G); left Dec. 1940; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1941, BAMA 1947; KRRC 1942-5 (Capt.); Education Officer Shropshire CC 1953; m. 19 Jan. 1952 Nancy Marjorie, d. of H. Carter of Budleigh Salterton, Devon.
Davison, Edmund, brother of Ralph Davison (q.v.); b. Dec. 27, 1896; adm. April 28, 1910 (R); left Dec. 1915; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. (Reserve) Royal Sussex Regt. Dec. 28, 1915; attached 12th Batt. and went out to the western front June 1916; was wounded in Oct. 1916, and invalided home; returned to the front in July 1917; killed in action in Flanders Sept. 24, 1917; unm.
Davison, Ralph, fourth son of George Henry Davison, of Bloomsbury, by Edith, daughter of Edmund Richardson, of London; b. Nov. 4, 1894; adm. from Univ. Coll. School Jan. 16, 1908 (R); left July 1912; entered an engineer's office; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. Northamptonshire Regt. Jan. 10, 1914; was attached to the 1st Batt. and went out to the western front in Aug. 1914; was wounded at the first battle of Ypres, in Nov. 1914; returned to the front in March 1915; Lieut. March 1915; killed in action at Aubers Ridge, France, May 9, 1915; unm.
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.