DASENT, GEORGE WILLIAM MANUEL, second son of Sir George Webbe Dasent (qv); b. 29 Apr 1849; adm. 3 Jun 1858; QS 1864; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1868, matr. 30 May 1868; 1st cl. Classical Moderations 1870; drowned while bathing at Sandford Lasher, near Oxford, 30 Apr 1872. Memorial window in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

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.

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

DAVIES, RICHARD HUNTER, son of Rev. Mercer Davies, Curate, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, and Chaplain, Westminster Hospital, and Frances Mercer, dau. of Job Hunter, Compton Terrace, Islington; b. 26 Jul 1851; adm. 19 Jun 1865; QS 1866; left May 1870; cashier with Gas Coal & Coke Co. (1881 Census); m. (by 1881); living 1881.

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.

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.

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.