Horace Davey, Baron Davey
The Baron Davey | |
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Horace Davey, Baron Davey (1833–1907) | |
| Lord of Appeal in Ordinary | |
| In office 18 August 1894 – 20 February 1907 | |
| Monarchs | Victoria Edward VII |
| Lord Justice of Appeal | |
| In office 19 October 1893 – 18 August 1894 | |
| Solicitor General | |
| In office February to July, 1886 | |
| Prime Minister | William Ewart Gladstone |
| Preceded by | Sir John Eldon Gorst |
| Succeeded by | Sir Edward Clarke |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Life peerage 13 August 1894 – 20 February 1907 | |
| Member of Parliament for Christchurch | |
| In office 1880–1885 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Henry Drummond Wolff |
| Succeeded by | Charles Young |
| Stockton-on-Tees | |
| In office 1888–1892 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Dodds |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Wrightson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 August 1833 Camberwell, Surrey |
| Died | 20 February 1907 (aged 73) |
| Party | Liberal (1880–1892) |
| Spouse | Louisa Hawes Donkin |
| Relations | John Donkin (father-in-law) |
| Children | four daughters, two sons |
| Education | Rugby School University College, Oxford |
| Profession | Barrister |
Horace Davey, Baron Davey, PC, FRS, FBA (30 August 1833 – 20 February 1907) was an English lawyer, Liberal politician, and judge.
Graduating with a double first class degree in classics and mathematics from Oxford, he read law and was called to the bar. He specialised in chancery cases and acquired a strong reputation. Appointed Queen’s Counsel, he entered politics and was elected to the House of Commons in 1880, but was defeated in the 1885 general election. He was re-elected in a by-election in 1886, but defeated in the 1892 general election. He served as Solicitor General for England in Gladstone's short third ministry in 1886.
Davey was appointed to the English Court of Appeal in 1893, and then appointed to the House of Lords with a life peerage in 1894. He died in 1907, survived by his wife, four daughters and two sons.