Sir Henry Davison | |
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Chief Justice of the Madras High Court | |
In office 1859–1860 | |
Preceded by | Sir Christopher Rawlinson |
Succeeded by | Sir Colley Harman Scotland |
Personal details | |
Born | 16 March 1805 London, England |
Died | 4 November 1860 Ootacamund, British India [1] |
Occupation | lawyer, judge |
Profession | Chief Justice |
Sir Henry Davison (16 March 1805 – 4 November 1860) [2] was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Madras from 1859 to 1860. [3]
The fourth son of Thomas Davison, of St Bride's, Fleet Street, [4] 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. [2]
Having been a puisne judge at Madras (sworn in 16 March 1857), [5] Davison was appointed Chief Justice in March 1859, [6] but did not serve for long, dying at Ootacamund on 4 November 1860. [7] William Makepeace Thackeray affectionately dedicated his historical novel The Virginians (published from 1857 to 1859) to Davison. [8] [9]
Davison was married and had issue; his daughter, Emily Jane, married the organist Philip Armes in 1864. [10] [11] [12]
Sir Henry Davison | |
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Chief Justice of the Madras High Court | |
In office 1859–1860 | |
Preceded by | Sir Christopher Rawlinson |
Succeeded by | Sir Colley Harman Scotland |
Personal details | |
Born | 16 March 1805 London, England |
Died | 4 November 1860 Ootacamund, British India [1] |
Occupation | lawyer, judge |
Profession | Chief Justice |
Sir Henry Davison (16 March 1805 – 4 November 1860) [2] was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Madras from 1859 to 1860. [3]
The fourth son of Thomas Davison, of St Bride's, Fleet Street, [4] 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. [2]
Having been a puisne judge at Madras (sworn in 16 March 1857), [5] Davison was appointed Chief Justice in March 1859, [6] but did not serve for long, dying at Ootacamund on 4 November 1860. [7] William Makepeace Thackeray affectionately dedicated his historical novel The Virginians (published from 1857 to 1859) to Davison. [8] [9]
Davison was married and had issue; his daughter, Emily Jane, married the organist Philip Armes in 1864. [10] [11] [12]