DAWSON, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1613 (Chapter Muniments 33667,33669).
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.
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.
DAVY, ---; b.; adm.; QS 1553-4 (Chapter Muniments).
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.
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.
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.
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, 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, 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.