DAVIES, JAMES, eldest son of Rev. James Davies, Rector of Barton Mills, Suffolk; b.; adm.; KS 1685; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1687, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1687, aged 17, scholar 27 Apr 1688; BA 1690/1; ordained priest (Norwich) Sep 1693; Curate, Tuddenham St. Mary, Suffolk 1692; Vicar of Cavenham, Suffolk, and Rector of Tuddenham St. Mary, Suffolk 12 Dec 1698; m. Ann ---; d. 17 Apr 1749.

DAVIES, HENRY, “a poor kinsman” of Mr Coningsby, Gentleman Usher to Queen Elizabeth I; b.; adm. 1586; QS 1592; see Acts of the Privy Council, N. S. xxii, 592, for a letter to the Dean of Westminster dated 25 Jun 1592, requesting the admission of Davies as QS “at your nowe election”.

Davies, Harold Constantine Debes, son of Rev. Thomas Harold Davies DD, Rector of Headbourne Worthy, Hants, and Constance Marion, d. of Frank Whincup of Hammerton, Yorks; b. 24 Oct. 1900; adm. Sept. 1914 (KS); left Apr. 1917; a clerk in the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank; d. 16 Oct. 1989.

DAVIES, GRIFFITH; b.; adm.; KS 1682; left 1684.

DAVIES, EDWARD, son of John Davies, Llanrwst, Denbighshire; b.; adm.; KS 1676; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1678, matr. 4 Feb 1678/9, aged 17, Westminster Student 26 Dec 1678 - void 1693, Tutor 1686; BA 1682; MA 1685; ordained deacon 19 Dec 1686, priest 18 Dec 1687 (both Oxford).

DAVIES, CHAMBERLAIN, son of Matthew Davies, Llangunllo, Radnorshire; b.; adm. (aged 11) Nov 1728; KS 1730; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1734, matr. 12 Jun 1734, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1734 - void 25 Feb 1742 (expiry of year of grace as R. New Radnor); BA 1738; ordained deacon (Oxford) 1 Jun 1740, priest (Winchester, litt. dim. from Hereford) 22 Feb 1740/1; Rector of New Radnor, Radnorshire, from 24 Feb 1741; d. before 26 May 1744.

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.

DAVID, PHILIP PETER, son of John David, Westminster, and Blanche Baraille (IGI); b. 13 Dec 1740; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1755; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1759, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1759, scholar 2 May 1760, matr. Mich. 1759; BA 1763; MA 1766; Minor Fellow Trin. Coll. 2 Oct 1765, Major Fellow 2 Jul 1766; ordained priest (Winchester) 9 Oct 1763; Curate, Ockham, Surrey 1763.

DAVENPORT, RANDOL; b. ; adm. ; KS 1630 (Bodleian Library, Tanner MSS lxix, f. 137).

DASENT, SIR JOHN ROCHE, eldest son of Sir George Webbe Dasent (qv); b. 24 Jan 1847; adm. 14 Jun 1856; QS 1861; twice stoned by the “Skis” and was wounded by the frying-pan at the “booking” of the Cook on Shrove Tuesday 28 Feb 1865 (see Lusus Alt. West., 2nd series, 304-8); elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1865, matr. 7 Jun 1865; BA 1869; MA 1872; adm. Middle Temple 10 Nov 1882, called to bar 17 Jun 1885; secretary to his uncle John Delane, editor of the Times; entered Education Department as Junior Examiner Jul 1876; private secretary to Lords Spencer, Carlingford, Kimberley and Rosebery as Presidents of the Council, and to Lord Spencer as Lord Lieut. Ireland; CB 2 Jul 1895; Assistant Secretary, Board of Education 1900; knighted 26 Jun 1908; retired 1908; edited The Acts of the Privy Council of England 1542-1604, 32 vols, 1890-1907; m. 27 Jul 1878 Ellen, younger dau. of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry John Codrington KCB, Royal Navy; d. 21 Nov 1914.