Richard Davison (1796 – 20 February 1869) was a

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solicitor and Conservative politician. Davison was

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(MP) for

from 1852 to 1860, when he

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his seat. A defender of the established church in Ireland, in 1863 Davison read a paper 'On the present position of the Irish Church' to the 5th annual conference of the united dioceses of Down, Connor and Dromore.''The Times'', 31 October 1863

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* 1796 births 1869 deaths UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 Irish Conservative Party MPs Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Belfast constituencies (1801–1922) Politicians from Belfast {{Conservative-UK-MP-1790s-stub