About Sir Henry Davison
Lived 1805 – 1860 (aged 55). Sir Henry Davison was a judge and lawyer.
Sir Henry Davison (16 March 1805 – 4 November 1860) was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Madras in British India from 1859 to 1860.
The fourth son of Thomas Davison, of St Bride's, Fleet Street, City of London, Davison was educated at Trinity College, Oxford (B.A. 1829, M.A. 1834), and called to the Bar from the Middle Temple in 1834. Davison was appointed Chief Justice in March 1859, but did not serve for long, dying at Ootacamund on 4 November 1860. William Makepeace Thackeray affectionately dedicated his historical novel The Virginians (published from 1857 to 1859) to Davison.
Davison was married and had issue; his daughter, Emily Jane, married the organist Philip Armes in 1864.
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Who was Sir Henry Davison?
English judge in British India (1805-1860)
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Sir Henry Davison was born on 16 March 1805 in London.
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Sir Henry Davison died on 4 November 1860 in Ooty.
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Sir Henry Davison was a judge and lawyer.
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