George Davys

The Right Reverend George Davys
Bishop of Peterborough
Diocese	Diocese of Peterborough
In office	1839–1864
Predecessor	Herbert Marsh
Successor	Francis Jeune
Other posts	Dean of Chester (1831–1839)
Personal details
Born	(1780-10-01)1 October 1780 Loughborough
Died	18 April 1864(1864-04-18) (aged 83) The Bishop's Palace, Peterborough
Buried	Peterborough Cathedral
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Education	Loughborough Grammar School
Alma mater	Christ's College, Cambridge

George Davys (1780–1864) was an English cleric, tutor to Victoria of the United Kingdom, and later Bishop of Peterborough. He was previously Dean of Chester. He himself was educated at Loughborough Grammar School, where a house is named after him.

Life

The son of John Davys of Rempstone, Nottinghamshire, by Sophia, daughter of the Rev. B. Wigley of Sawley, Derbyshire, was born at Loughborough, Leicestershire, 1 October 1780. In 1799 he entered as a sizar at Christ's College, Cambridge, and came out tenth wrangler in 1803. He was elected a Fellow of his college 14 January 1806, and in the same year proceeded M.A.^[1]^[2]

Davys became curate, first of Littlebury, Essex, then of Chesterford to 1817, and afterwards of Swaffham Prior. In 1811 he was presented on his own petition to the vicarage of Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, Lincolnshire, which he held until 1829.^[1]

The education of the Princess Victoria having been entrusted to his care by the Duchess of Kent, Davys took up residence at Kensington Palace in 1827, and filled the position of principal master to the princess until the death of William IV. In April 1829 he was presented by the crown to the rectory of Allhallows-on-the-Wall, London, which he continued to hold until his elevation to the episcopal bench.^[1]

Davys was appointed dean of Chester 10 January 1831, and at the following commencement at Cambridge was created D.D. On 7 May 1839 he was advanced to the bishopric of Peterborough, and was consecrated on 16 June. An evangelical, he took no active part either in religious controversy or in politics. He died of bronchitis at the Palace, Peterborough, 18 April 1864, and was buried in the graveyard of the cathedral on 23 April.^[1]

Works

Davys wrote, with charges and sermons:^[1]

Village Conversations on the Liturgy of the Church of England, 1820; 8th ed. 1829.
Village Conversations on the principal Offices of the Church, 1824; another ed. 1849.
A Village Conversation on the Catechism of the Church of England, printed in Religious Tracts of Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, vol. iii. 1836.
Letters between a Father and his Son on the Roman History and other subjects, 1848.
A Plain and Short History of England in Letters from a Father to his Son, 1870.

He also compiled educational works, which appeared from time to time anonymously in the Cottagers' Monthly Visitor, the National Church Magazine, and elsewhere.^[1]

Family

Davys married in 1814 Marianne, daughter of the Rev. Edmund Mapletoft, rector of Anstye, Hertfordshire. She died at the Palace, Peterborough, 14 December 1858, aged 69.^[1]

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Davys, George". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
↑ "Davys, George (DVS798G)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

Attribution

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Davys, George". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Henry Phillpotts	Dean of Chester 1831–1839	Succeeded by Frederick Anson
Preceded by Herbert Marsh	Bishop of Peterborough 1839–1864	Succeeded by Francis Jeune

Deans of Chester

Early modern	Thomas Clerk Henry Man William Clyff Richard Walker John Piers Richard Langworth Robert Dorset Thomas Mawdesley John Nutter William Barlow Henry Parry Thomas Mallory William Nichols Henry Bridgeman James Arderne Laurence Fogg Walter Offley Thomas Allen Thomas Brooke William Smith George Cotton

Late modern	Hugh Cholmondeley Robert Hodgson Peter Vaughan Edward Copleston Henry Phillpotts George Davys Frederick Anson John Howson John Darby Frank Bennett Norman Tubbs Michael Gibbs George Addleshaw Ingram Cleasby Stephen Smalley Gordon McPhate

Bishops of Peterborough

Early modern	John Chambers David Pole Edmund Scambler Richard Howland Thomas Dove William Piers Augustine Lindsell Francis Dee John Towers Benjamin Lany Joseph Henshaw William Lloyd Thomas White Richard Cumberland White Kennett Robert Clavering John Thomas Richard Terrick Robert Lamb John Hinchliffe

Late modern	Spencer Madan John Parsons Herbert Marsh George Davys Francis Jeune William Magee Mandell Creighton Edward Glyn Frank Woods Cyril Bardsley Claude Blagden Spencer Leeson Robert Stopford Cyril Easthaugh Douglas Feaver Bill Westwood Ian Cundy Donald Allister

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 71260023 LCCN: nr93003817 ISNI: 0000 0000 4998 0215 GND: 1056109777 BNF: cb109448101 (data)

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