Sir Steuart Spencer Davis,
CMG (1875 – 3 April 1950) was a British colonial administrator. He was
Governor of Saint Helena
The Governor of Saint Helena is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. The Governor is appointed by the monarch on the official advice of His Majesty ...
from 1932 to 1937.
After being called to the English bar by
Gray's Inn
The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, commonly known as Gray's Inn, is one of the four Inns of Court (professional associations for barristers and judges) in London. To be called to the bar in order to practise as a barrister in England and Wale ...
in 1905, Davis served in St Kitts, the Gold Coast, Tanganyika, and Palestine before becoming Governor of Saint Helena in 1932. As governor, he named
Jonathan the tortoise, currently the oldest known living land animal.
References
* https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-224536
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British colonial governors and administrators in Africa
Governors of Saint Helena
1875 births
1950 deaths
Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
People educated at Dean Close School
Members of Gray's Inn