Wilfred Bennett Davidson-Houston

Wilfred Bennett Davidson-Houston (3 January 1870 – 18 September 1960) was a British army officer who fought in the Anglo-Ashanti wars and later became a colonial administrator in the British West Indies.

Background

Wilfred Bennett Davidson-Houston was born on 3 January 1870, the second son of Reverend B.C. Davidson-Houston of County Cork and Dublin. He attended Corrig School, Monkstown, Dublin in Ireland and St Edward's School, Oxford.

Military career

In 1887 Davidson-Houston was commissioned a second lieutenant with the 5th (Militia) battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1889, captain on 26 November 1892, major on 11 October 1902 and lieutenant colonel in 1906. and appointed commissioner of Ashanti (1902) and acting chief commissioner of Ashanti (1903–1905). and they had two sons. He retired in 1930. He died on 18 September 1960, aged ninety.