Samuel Davis

(1760-1819)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Davis, Samuel (1760-1819) Director East India Co DNB: Davis, Samuel (1760–1819), East India Company servant and orientalist LBT ID: SaDavis1819 VIAF ID: 18411862	B/BAP: 1760 DIED: 1819-06-16
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File
Born in the West Indies, he was an Indian barrister, judge and associate of Sir William Jones; returning to England in 1806 he served as a director of the East India Company.
REFERENCES TO Samuel Davis: Charles Macfarlane, Reminiscences of a Literary Life (London: John Murray, 1917) MR. DAVIS Found 7: ¶ 13 ¶ 14 ¶ 15 ¶ 17 ¶ 19 ¶ 22 ¶ 23