Thomas Davis (priest)
Thomas Davis (15 February 1804 – 11 November 1887) was a Church of England clergyman, author and hymn writer.
Life
Family life
The son of the Rev Richard Francis Davis
Thomas Davis was educated at
Master of Arts.[4][5][6] In 1833 Davis was ordained a priest and became his father's curate at Worcester, and in 1840 was appointed Vicar of Roundhay, Leeds in Yorkshire.[5] Davis's father died at the age of 78 on Christmas Day, 1844, of "a violent cold".[7]
On 10 December 1839, at Stratford-upon-Avon, Davis married Christiana Maria Hobbes, a daughter of Robert Hobbes, attorney-at-law,[8] and between 1843 and 1851 they had six children, Christiana F., Arthur Sladen,[9] Henry Champney, Mary Sarah, Harriet Albina, and Emily Judith. Davis died on 11 November 1887 at Heslington, Yorkshire, aged 83, while his widow survived him until 1899.[2][4][10]
Controversial career
Davis is recorded in
Philosophical Radical, Davis's controversial views were published in 1866 in his book Endless Sufferings not the Doctrine of Scripture.[11]
Davis's daughter Harriet (1850–1892) married politician
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Pippa Middleton.[6]
Publications
- Devotional Verse for a Month, &c. (1855)[5]
- Songs for the Suffering (1859)[5]
- Endless Sufferings not the Doctrine of Scripture (1866)[5]
- Annus Sanctus; or, Aids to Holiness in Verse (1877)
Davis's notable hymns include Sing, ye seraphs in the sky and O Paradise eternal![5]
Notes
- ^ The Gentleman's Magazine - Volume 58, Part 2. F. Jefferies. 1788. p. 1075. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
The King visited the bishop at Hartlebury Castle...The King held a levee at the Bishop's Palace at Worcester....At ten, the Corporation attended the levee; the Mayor (Thomas Davis, Esq.)...had the honour of kissing the King's hand.
- ^ a b Death Certificate of Christiana Maria Davis at wargs.com, accessed 29 May 2011
- ^ The Gentleman's magazine, vol. 178 (1845), p. 325
- ^ a b Lundy, Darryl. "Reverend Thomas Davis". thepeerage.com.[unreliable source], accessed 23 March 2011
- ^ a b c d e f Josiah Miller, Singers and songs of the church: being biographical sketches of the hymn-writers in all the principal collections (Longmans, Green, 1869), p. 513
- ^ ISBN 978-0-88082-252-7.
"Ahnentafel entries 38, 39
- ^ Death certificate of Rev. Richard Francis Davis at wargs.com, accessed 29 May 2011
- ^ The Gentleman's magazine, vol 13 (1840), p. 201: "MARRIAGES... at Stratford-upon-Avon, the Rev. Thomas Davis, of All Saints, Worcester, to Christiana-Maria, fifth daughter of the late Robert Hobbes, esq."
- ^ "oakwoodchurch.info" (PDF).
St George's School, Roundhay, circa 1880-1917
- ^ Death Certificate of Thomas Davis at wargs.com, accessed 29 May 2011
- ^ "The Westminster Review, Volume 30". Hooper - July 1866, pp 218-220. Retrieved 14 August 2018.