Davidge (surname)

	Davidge (surname) Notable persons with the surname Davidge include: * Cecil Davidge (1901–1981), British barrister and academic * Christopher Davidge (born 1929), British rower * Cecil William Davidge (1863-1936), British academic, author and freemason * George Davidge (fl. 1924), English rugby union and rugby league footballer * Glyn Davidge (1933–2006), Welsh rugby union player * Graham Davidge (fl. 1975–present), Australian musician * Guy Davidge (1878–1956), English cricketer * Neil Davidge (born 1962), British record producer and songwriter * William Pleater Davidge (1814–1888), English comedian * William Robert Davidge William Robert Davidge (1879–1961) was an architect and surveyor, who combined these skills with an enthusiasm for urban improvement to become one of the pioneering leaders of the British town planning movement of the early twentieth century. He ... (1879–1961), architect and surveyor {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Cecil Davidge Cecil Vere Davidge of Little Houghton House Deputy lieutenant, DL (14 February 1901 – 27 January 1981) was a British lawyer and academic, who served as a Oxbridge Fellow, Fellow and bursar of Keble College, Oxford, and as High Sheriff of Northamptonshire. Life Davidge was born on 14 February 1901. His father, Cecil William Davidge, was Professor of English at Kobe University in Japan. His mother, Elsie Davidge née Hamer was of an old Lancashire family who settled at Hamer Hall in the 14th century. Davidge was educated at Abingdon School from September 1913 until 1919 and rowed in the first four for the Abingdon School Boat Club before studying at Pembroke College, Oxford, where he obtained a second-class degree in Law degree, Jurisprudence in 1923; he obtained the Bachelor of Civil Law degree in 1925. He was called to the bar (becoming a barrister) as a member of Inner Temple in 1927. He was a lecturer in jurisprudence at Keble College, Oxford, from 1927 to 1933, when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Christopher Davidge Christopher Guy Vere Davidge, of Little Houghton House, OBE DL (5 November 1929 – 22 December 2014) was a British rower who competed in the Summer Olympics three times in 1952, 1956 and 1960 and won the Silver Goblets at Henley Royal Regatta three times. Biography Davidge was born in Northampton, son of Cecil Vere Davidge and Ursula Catherine Smyth, and the grandson of Cecil William Davidge. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Oxford and rowed in the Oxford boat in the 1949 Boat Race. He returned to stroke Oxford in the 1951 Boat Race, when the Oxford boat sank, and the race was rerun on the following Monday. He was in the winning Oxford crew in the 1952 race and umpired the 1971 and 1975 races. In 1952 Davidge competed for Great Britain, rowing at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He was in the coxless pair with David Callender and came fourth. In 1955 Davidge was runner-up partnering J A Gobbo in the Silver Goblets at Henley Royal Regatta to the Rus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Cecil William Davidge Cecil William Davidge (28 March 1863 – 16 January 1936) was a professor of English, author and Freemason. Davidge was the father of the barrister and academic Cecil Vere Davidge and grandfather of Olympic rower Christopher Davidge. Early life Davidge was born on 28 March 1863 the only son of Frederick William Davidge and his wife, Harriet Julia Frances Ponsonby, daughter of the Major General the Hon. Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby . He was educated at Hurstpierpoint College, followed by University College London where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, and Durham University where he received a Master of Arts degree in English. Academic career Following university Davidge headed the United Society Partners in the Gospel mission to Japan from 1898 until 1907 and became a master at the SPG School of Kobe. Following the SPG mission in 1907 he entered the service of the Imperial Japanese Government as Professor of English, University College of Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	George Davidge George Davidge (17 April 1895 – 1978) was an English rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Plymouth Albion R.F.C., and representative level rugby league (RL) for England, and at club level for Huddersfield and Batley, as a . Background George Davidge was born in Taunton, Somerset, and his death aged 83 was registered in Blackpool & Fylde district, Lancashire, England. Playing career International honours George Davidge won a cap for England (RL) while at Batley in 1924 against Other Nationalities. Championship final appearances George Davidge played at in Batley's 13-7 victory over Wigan in the 1923–24 Championship Final during the 1923–24 season, at The Cliff, Broughton, Salford on Saturday 3 May 1924, in front of a crowd of 13,729. County Cup Final appearances George Davidge played at in Batley's 8-9 defeat by Wakefield Trinity in the 1924–25 Yorkshire Cup Final du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Glyn Davidge Glyn Davidge (31 December 1933 – 18 March 2006) was a Welsh international flanker who played club rugby for Tredegar and Newport. He was awarded nine caps for Wales and toured with Arthur Smith's 1962 British Lions squad. Club career During the 1952–53 season, at the age of 18, Davidge played for Newport having previously been a member of Tredegar. As an adolescent, he had shown form and had played for Wales Youth, but before he could start a second season with Newport was called up for National Service. In the Army he joined the South Wales Borderers and represented The Army rugby team. On his return to civilian life he rejoined Newport who he would play for until 1965. He captained Newport during the 1962–63 season. While at Newport he would play in the teams that faced all three great Southern Hemisphere sides, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. He was on the winning side against Australia (1957) and New Zealand (1963), but Newport were narrowly defeated 3–0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Graham Davidge Graham Davidge is an Australian musician. He has played with Little River Band (1975), Tidewater (1976), Goanna (1982–83) and numerous other Australian bands. Davidge was chosen as the original lead guitarist for Little River Band. He played on the band's first recording in 1975, a cover of the Everly Brothers song " When Will I Be Loved". Linda Ronstadt released her version of the song around the same time, and the Little River Band version was not released. Davidge left the band shortly thereafter, to be replaced by Ric Formosa. "When Will I Be Loved" featuring Graham Davidge was subsequently released on the Little River Band rarities album '' Too Late to Load'' in 1988, on their 1995 compilation album ''Reminiscing: The 20th Anniversary Collection'' and as a single in 1989 to promote ''Too Late to Load''. Davidge went to play with Goanna in 1982–1983, appearing on the album '' Spirit of Place''. References Australian guitarists Living people Little River ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Guy Davidge Guy Mortimer Coleridge Davidge, DSO* (2 March 1878 – 17 February 1956) was a British Army officer and first-class cricketer. He was born in Woolwich, the son of Francis Elizabeth and Deputy Surgeon-GeneraJohn George Davidgeof the Army Medical Department. He spent the first two years of his life living in Woolwich, then from 1880 he lived on the Island of Malta where his father was serving as a Brigade Surgeon with the Malta Garrison. His younger sisterEthel Frances Davidge died of diphtheria on 8 October 1884 while the family were in Malta. They returned to the UK to live in Portsmouth in October 1885 when Guy was aged seven. Military career Following his education at Malvern College, Guy was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Worcestershire Regiment on 16 February 1898, and promoted to lieutenant on 10 January 1900. In October 1901 he was seconded for service in South Africa, during the Second Boer War. This war ended in June 1902, but Davidge stayed in South A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Neil Davidge Neil Davidge (born 29 June 1962) is an English record producer, songwriter, film score composer, musician, and occasional backing vocalist. Once an associate of dance producers DNA, he is best known as the long-term co-writer and producer for the music production outfit Massive Attack. In 1997, he also produced the Sunna album '' One Minute Science''. During that time he has established a career as a film score composer including projects such as ''Push'', Bullet Boy, Trouble the Water, and additional music for ''Clash of the Titans''. Artists he has worked with include Unkle, Damon Albarn, Elizabeth Fraser, Mos Def, David Bowie, and Snoop Dogg. In 2012, he composed the soundtrack to the video game ''Halo 4'' and recorded "The Storm That Brought Me To You" with Tina Dico and Ramin Djawadi for the '' Clash of the Titans'' soundtrack, the first vocal track for which he is credited as an artist separately from Massive Attack. In 2017, Davidge composed the critically acclaime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	William Pleater Davidge William Pleater Davidge (17 April 1814 – 7 August 1888) was an English comedian, who came to the United States in 1850 and became identified with the American Stage. Biography He was born in London, and appeared as a youthful amateur at Drury Lane as James in ''The Miller's Maid''. He appeared at Nottingham in 1836, and acted in London, on 26 September of that year, in the ''Haunted Tower''. Afterward, he acted in various English cities, especially in Manchester. His first appearance in America was in August, 1850, as Sir Peter Teazle at the old Broadway Theatre, New York; later he supported many well-known actors in the metropolis and elsewhere, among them Edwin Forrest, Gustavus V. Brooke, Julia Dean, Lola Montez, and Fanny Davenport. After leaving the old Broadway Theatre in 1855, he made a tour through the country. He was a member of F. B. Conway's "star combination," and in 1863 was one of Mrs. John Wood's company at the Olympic Theatre, where he remained two seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]