Frederick Davis

Frederick Davis (1843-1900)

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1900 Obituary

FREDERICK DAVIS, eldest son of the late Mr. John Davis, of Derby, was born at Cheltenham on the 26th January, 1843.

He obtained his engineering training in the works and drawing office of Messrs. Carrett, Marshall and Company, of the Sun Foundry, Leeds, and at the end of 1866 began to practise on his own account, first in London, then in Derby, and finally in Westminster.

For some years he was a member of the firm of Stacey, Davis and Company, of the Phoenix Foundry and Engineering Works, Derby.

Mr. Davis retired from business some years since and devoted himself to archaeological and kindred studies. He was a Member of Council of the Society of Antiquaries and an active member of the Silchester Excavation Committee. At the request of the editors of "Bygone Hampshire," he wrote an exhaustive article on the discoveries at Silchester, which was published separately in 1898 under the title of "The Romano-British City of Silchester." He had previously written a work entitled "Derbyshire Place-Names," and he was a frequent, contributor to various magazines.

Mr. Davis died on the 14th July, 1900.

He was elected an Associate Member of the Institution on the 3rd March, 1885.

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1900 Obituary

The death is announced of Mr. Frederick Davis, F.S.A. of Palace Chambers, Westminster. The deceased gentleman, who was 57 years of age, was the eldest son of the late Mr. John Davis, of Derby, and brother of Mr. Henry Davis, the wellknown electrical and mining instrument maker, of Amen Alley. The lamented gentleman, who was a bachelor, suffered from an affection of the ear, and after undergoing an operation died from blood poisoning.

As a boy he went to Mr. Appleby's school, at Belper, but his technical education as a mechanical engineer he received under the well-known firm of Carratt, Marshall, and Co., of Leeds.

For some time he was in partnership with Mr. Stacey, and they carried on the Phoenix Foundry under the style of Stacey, Davis, and Co. In later years he interested himself in archmological matters, and wrote many interesting articles of local and general interest. He wias a fellow of ?? of Antiquaries, and had recently been put upon thee Council, which is a very high honour. It might be mentioned, en passant, - that Mr. William St. John Hope, son of the late Rev. W: Hope, of Derby, is secretary to the Society.

The late Mr. Davis's chief literary production was entitled "The Romano-British city of Silchester." The excavations at Silchester are the most extensive and systematic yet undertaken at any Roman site in Britain, and also the most successful. Mr. Davis took a deep -personal interest in the work, and his writings upo1n the subject have been very, favourably spoken of by Press critics. At one time the deceased was connected with the Derbyshire Natural History and Archleological Society. The funeral took place at Willesden.

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