Sir John Francis Davis, first baronet

(1795-1890)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Davis, John Francis, 1795-1890 NRA: Davis, Sir John Francis (1795-1890) Knight Diplomat and Writer DNB: Davis, Sir John Francis, first baronet (1795–1890), colonial governor and Chinese scholar LBT ID: JoDavis1890 VIAF ID: 45166049 LOC ID: n50035543	B/BAP: 1795-07-16 DIED: 1890-11-13
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The son of Samuel Davis, a director of the East India Company, he served with the EIC in China and was governor and commander-in-chief of Hong Kong (1844).
REFERENCES TO Sir John Francis Davis, first baronet: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter XI Found 1: ¶ 5 Chapter I Found 1: ¶ 7 Charles Macfarlane, Reminiscences of a Literary Life (London: John Murray, 1917) MR. DAVIS Found 4: ¶ 13 ¶ 17 ¶ 19 ¶ 24 VISCOUNT HARDINGE Found 1: ¶ 33