Tuesday, 7 October 2014

640 John Davison



Constituency : Durham City 1868-71

John  took  the  second  Durham  seat  from  the  Tories.

John  was  a  vicar's  son  educated  at  the  University  of  Durham. He  became  a  barrister.

John  was  judge-advocate-general  until  his  death.

He  died  whilst  visiting  a  friend  in  Suffolk  in  1871  aged  44. The  Tories  won  the  by-election.


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