Sir Alfred Charles Davidson (1882–1952) was an Australian banker and a domineering figure in the 1930s Australian business life. He was best known as the general manager of the

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from 4 January 1929 (now

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), when this bank entered its perhaps most critical periods of existence.R. F. Holder, 'Davidson, Sir Alfred Charles (1882–1952)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/davidson-sir-alfred-charles-5895 He stayed on at the bank until June 1945 when he was persuaded to retire due to ill health. Davidson was born on 1 April 1882 in

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, son of bank manager James Madgwick Davidson, and his

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-born wife Lucy (née Cribb). He was the grandson of the factory owner and financier turned well-known Queensland humanitarian

Alfred Davidson Alfred Davidson (1812–1881) was an English pottery owner and commission agent in Australia. He was a Protestant Christian, a Queensland Pioneer of Compassion (humanitarian) and the Queensland representative of the British Aborigines Protection ...

who migrated to Queensland in 1863 and made a name for himself as Queensland's representative of the British

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1882 births 1952 deaths Westpac people People from Brisbane Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire {{Australia-business-bio-stub