DAVSON, SIR CHARLES SIMON, eldest son of George Louis Davson, Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana, manager British Guiana Bank, and Josephine, dau. of Charles Joseph King, Northwick Terrace, London; b. 20 May 1857; adm. 26 Jan 1871 (James'); QS 15 Mar 1873; left Apr 1876; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 15 Aug 1876, matr. Mich. 1876; BA and LLB 1880; adm. Middle Temple 29 Apr 1878, called to bar 26 Jan 1882; British Guiana bar; Stipendiary Magistrate, British Guiana 1888-98, Solicitor-General 1898-1905; Puisne Judge, Mauritius Supreme Court 1905-14; Chief Justice, Fiji, and Judicial Commissioner for the Western Pacific 3 Oct 1914-22; knighted 21 Feb 1917; m. 16 Jan 1889 Mary Rosa Matilda, dau. of Lynch Thomas MD, Barbados; d. 6 Nov 1933.
Davson, Harry Miller, eldest son of Sir Henry Katz Davson, of Bayswater, by Anne Helen, daughter of Thomas Miller, of Inchbank, Perth; b. June 4, 1872; adm. Sept. 24, 1885 (G); left Dec. 1887; 2nd Lieut. R. F. A. Feb. 12, 1892; Lieut. Feb. 12, 1895; Capt. March 15, 1900; Adjutant Jan. 5, 1907; Major June 13, 1909; temp. Lieut.-Col. June 27 - July 7, 1915; Lieut.-Col. July 8, 1915; half pay July 8, 1920; retired Jan. 8, 1921; served in the S. African War 1899-1900, and in Great War I 1914-9 on the western front; mentioned in despatches L. G. Sept. 10, 1901, Jan. 1, 1916, Jan. 4, May 18, Dec. 14, 1917, and Dec. 23, 1918; D.S.O. June 4, 1917; C.M.G. June 3, 1919, re-employed as interviewing officer 1939-42; Chairman of the War Memorial Committee 1945; author of the History of the 35th Division; m. Jan. 10, 1910, the Hon. Georgina Violet St. Clair, youngest daughter of Charles, 15th Baron Sinclair; d. Nov. 10, 1961.
DAVY, ---; b.; adm.; QS 1553-4 (Chapter Muniments).
DAWKINS, EDWARD HENRY, third son of Henry Dawkins MP, Over Norton, Oxfordshire, a Commissioner of Woods Forests and Land Revenues, and Augusta, dau. of Gen. Sir Henry Clinton KB MP; bapt. Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire 25 Jun 1794 (IGI); adm. 29 Apr 1805; KS (aged 12) 1808; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 26 Jun 1812, aged 18; Fellow of All Souls Coll. 1815-35; BCL 1819; DCL 1824; ordained deacon 1820, priest 1821; Vicar of West Markham, Notts., 10 Nov 1828 - res Apr 1858; of Moggerhanger House, Beds.; m. 14 May 1835 Elizabeth, widow of his cousin George Augustus Dawkins, and dau. of Rev. Sir William Henry Cooper, Bart.; d. 18 May 1859.
Dawnay, Denys, son ofMaj.-Gen. Alan Geoffrey Charles Dawnay CBE DSO of Beaulieu, Hants, and Elizabeth, d. of John George Bulteel of Ascot, Berks; b. 26 Jan. 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (G); left July 1938; d. 9 Feb. 1983.
DAWSON, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1613 (Chapter Muniments 33667,33669).
DAWSON, AMBROSE PUDSEY, son of Richard Crosbie Dawson, Queen Anne’s Gate, Westminster, civil engineer, and Annie, dau. of George Ashby Pritt, Abercromby Square, Liverpool; b. 30 Mar 1843; adm. Jan 1854; QS 13 Apr 1859; rowed against Eton 1861, 1862; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1862, adm. pens. 13 Sep 1862, matr. Mich. 1862; BA 1866; MA 1874; ordained deacon 1866, priest 1867 (both Ripon); Curate, Bolton Abbey, Yorks., 1866-8, St. Peter’s, Bradford, Yorks., 1868-70; Vicar of St. John the Baptist, Clayton, Yorks., 1870-3; assistant master, Bradford GS 1874-8, Wyggeston Sch., Leicester 1878-89; Head Master, Kibworth-Beauchamp GS, Leics., 1889-1906; Rector of Harston, Leics., 1906-22; m. 30 Jul 1885 Mary, dau. of Rev. Joseph Empson Middleton, Vicar of Belton, Lincs.; d. 26 Feb 1930.
DAWSON, CHARLES, eldest son of Thomas Dawson, Edwardstone Hall, Boxford, Suffolk, and Anne, only child of Thomas Manning; b. 30 Dec 1776; adm. 8 Jul 1788; KS 1791; adm. solicitor 24 May 1803; adm. Gray’s Inn 31 Oct 1826, called to bar 30 Jan 1837; inherited Edwardstone estate on death of father 1807; chairman, Bury QS; DL JP Suffolk; d. unm. 11 Mar 1855.
DAWSON, HENRY TOWNLEY VESEY, younger son of Vesey Thomas Dawson, Lincoln’s Inn, barrister, and Catherine Maria ---; b. 3 Jul 1855; adm. 7 Oct 1867 (James'); QS 30 Jan 1871; left Dec 1873; “banker” (1881 Census); d. in Shasta County, California, USA 4 Nov 1902.
Dawson, John Duncan, son of George Duncan Dawson MSc MB ChB, Prof. of Physiology, UCL, of Carshalton, Surrey, and Mollie Eileen Heppenstall PhD, chemist, d. of Frank Heppenstall of Carshalton; b. 18 Aug. 1946; adm. Sept. 1959 (B); left Dec. 1964; St Mary’s Hosp. Med. Sch., LMSSA 1970, MB BS 1971, DA 1972; MRCGP; med. officer, Brit. Antarctic Survey 1972-4; asst. sec. BMA 1976-9, under sec. 1979-, head of professional affairs divn. 1981-; dir. BMA Foundn. for AIDS 1988-; d. 20 Dec. 1990.