Walter Edward Davidson

Walter Edward Davidson

Infobox_Governor
honorific-prefix = The Honourable

name = Sir Walter Edward Davidson

honorific-suffix =KCMG, CBE, KStJ


order=24th
office=Governor of New South Wales
term_start=17 February 1918
term_end=15 September 1923
lieutenant=
predecessor=Sir Gerald Strickland
successor=Admiral Sir Dudley de Chair
birth_date=birth date|1859|4|20
birth_place=Valletta, Malta
death_date=death date and age|1923|9|15|1859|4|20
death_place=Sydney, Australia
order2=3rd
office2= Governor of Newfoundland
term_start2= 1913
term_end2= 1917
predecessor2=Sir Ralph Champneys Williams
successor2= Sir Charles Alexander Harris
order3=2nd
office3= Governor of the Seychelles
term_start3= 1904
term_end3= 1912
predecessor3= Sir Ernest Sweet-Escott KCMG, MA (Oxon)
successor3= Lieutenant Colonel Sir Charles O'Brien KCMG
party =
profession=Politician, Colonial Administrator
alma_mater=Christ's College
spouse=
religion=


footnotes=

Sir Walter Edward Davidson, KCMG, CBE, KStJ (April 20, 1859, Valletta, Malta – September 15, 1923, Sydney) was a colonial governor.

After being educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford, Davidson graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge. In 1880 Davidson was sent to Ceylon and held several positions including chairman of the municipal council and Mayor of Colombo. At the Paris exhibition in 1900 he was Ceylon's commissioner and in 1902 was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire. In 1901 he went to Transvaal and was appointed governor of the Seychelles Islands from 1904 to 1912, then in 1913 he became governor of Newfoundland.

While Governor of Newfoundland and as chairman of the Newfoundland Patriotic Association Davidson helped direct Newfoundland's military effort. His long colonial service was rewarded in 1914 by his appointment as a Knight Commander of the order of St Michael and St George, and in September 1917 he succeeded Sir Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, 6th Count of Catena, GCMG to become Governor of New South Wales on February 18, 1918.

He was a Knight of Grace of St John of Jerusalem. He published two books on Ceylon and one on the archives of the Seychelles. While still in office, Davidson died of cardiovascular disease at Government House on 16 September 1923.

Lady Davidson Hospital, Turramurra, commemorates his wife.

In 1972 Davidson High School was established and dedicated in his name.

See also

* Governors of Newfoundland
* List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador

External links

* [http://www.heritage.nf.ca/govhouse/governors/g62.html Biography at Government House "The Governorship of Newfoundland and Labrador"]


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