Henry Davison (judge)
Sir Henry Davison | |
|---|---|
| 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 (aged 55) 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 in British India 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]
References
- ^ Accounts and Papers thirty-eight volumes 11: East India- Progress and Condition, Session 6 February – 7 August 1862, vol. 39, House of Commons, 1862, p. 211
- ^ a b Alumni Oxonienses, 1715-1886, later series, A-D, ed. Joseph Foster, Parker & Co., 1888, p. 352
- ^ "The former Chief Justices". hcmadras.tn.nic.in. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- ^ Modern English Biography, Frederick Boase, Netherton & Worth, 1892, pp. 831-2
- ^ Journal of Indian History, vol. XVII, parts I-III, Department of History, University of Kerala, 1939, p. 284
- ^ The Madras University Calendar, 1859, printed by D. P. L. C. Connor, The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1858, p. 22
- ^ East India- Statement regarding the moral and material progress and condition of India, during the year 1860-61, Part I, India Office, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 14 May 1862, 'Annual Report on the Administration of the Madras Presidency, during the year 1860-61', p. 211
- ^ The Madras Presidency, with Mysore, Coorg, and the associated states, E. Thurston, Cambridge, 1913, 'The Roll of Honour', p. 242
- ^ The Nilgiris, Madras District Gazetteer, W. Francis, Logos Press, 1908 (reprint 1984), p. 360
- ^ The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, vol. 216, ed. Sylvanus Urban, 1864, p. 247
- ^ "Philip Armes". duresme.org.uk.
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography (1912 supplement), ed. Sidney Lee, vol. I, 1912, pp. 53-54