Jacob Davies (1816–1849) was a

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missionary from the Newtown area of

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. He became a Baptist in 1835. In 1837, he began preaching, and, in 1840, moved to study at Horton College in

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. He married Eliza Green of Peckham. In 1844, he was appointed to a missionary position in

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; but within a few years his health began to fail. In February 1849, he supported the Kandyans against the Governor of Ceylon,

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, following the Matale rebellion. After 5 years in Ceylon, he died in Colombo, on 2 November 1849, of cholera at the home of Dr Elliott. and was buried at Wolvendaal Church. His only son, Sir

James Ackworth Davies Sir James Ackworth Davies (1845–1906) was a member of the Indian Civil Service and a judge of the High Court of Judicature at Fort Saint George. Davies, the son of Jacob and Eliza Davies, joined the Indian Civil Service, and served as Under S ...

(1845-1906), was a judge in the Madras Civil Service including serving for many years as a Judge of the High Court, Madras.

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