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 io6 DAVEY DAVENTRY i.e. "Daventree, co. Northampton," Barony {Villiers), cr. 1623 with the Earldom of Anglesey, which see; extinct 1661. i.e. "Finch of Daventry, co. Northampton," Barony (Finc/i), cr. 1673/4; see under "Nottingham," Earldom of, cr. 1681. DAVEY OF FERNHURST BARONY FOR Horace Davey, 3rd s. of Peter D., of Horton, Bucks, LIFE. formerly of Camberwell, Surrey (d. 23 Mar. 1879, aged 87), by Caroline Emma, da. of the Rev. William I. 1894 Pace, Rector of Rampisham-cum-Wraxall, Dorset. He to was of Blackdown House, Haslemere, Surrey; was I?. 1907. 29 Aug. 1833; ed. at Rugby, and at Univ. Coll. Oxford; Scholar, 1852, double First class in mods., 1854, B.A. and double First class in finals, 1855 and 1856, Fellow, 1856-64, becoming an Hon. Fellow in 1884; Johnson's Math. Scholar, 1857, Senior Math. Scholar 1858, Eldon Law Scholar, 1859. M.A. 1859, being cr. D.C.L. in 1894. He was Barrister (Line. Inn), 1861; Q.C., June 1875; Counsel to Oxford Univ., 1877-93; Bencher, Nov. 1878; M.P. (Liberal) for Christchurch, 1880-85, ^"^ ^'^^ Stockton, 1888-92; Solicitor-Gen., Feb. to Aug. i886,() being knighted 8 Mar. 1886; P.C. 23 Nov. 1893; a Lord Justice of Appeal, 1893-94, being made a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act, 1876), 13 Aug. 1894; and on the same day was cr. a Baron for lifeC") by the style of BARON DAVEY OF FERNHURST, co. Sussex. F.R.S. 24 Jan. 1895. He m., 5 Aug. 1862, at St. George's, Camberwell, Louisa Hawes, da. of John D0NK.1N, of Ormond House, Old Kent Rd., Surrey, Civil Engineer. He {/. of bronchitis, at 86 Brook Str., 20, and was I^ur. 23 Feb. 1907, at Forest Row, East Grinstead, aged 73, when his life Peerage became extinct. Will dat. 17 Dec. 1905, pr. 5 Apr. 1907, over ;r 172,000 gross, and over DAVIA i.e. " Davia," Barony of, [S.] {David), cr. 1698 (by James II when in exile) with the Earldom of Almond [S.], which see. (^) He was not, as stated in Diet. Nat. Biog., appointed Solicitor Gen. in 1892. V.G. C*) See vol. ii, p. 180, note " b" as to the nature and extent of these creations. (') He was one of the numerous peers who have been directors of public companies, for a list of whom (in 1896) see vol. v, Appendix C.
 * ^ 1 65,000 net personalty. ('^) His widow was living 191 5.