| Authorised form of name | Davis; Samuel (1760 - 1819) |
| Dates | 1760 - 1819 |
| Place of birth | West Indies |
| Date of birth | 1760 |
| Place of death | Birdhurst Lodge, near Croydon |
| Date of death | 16 June 1819 |
| Activity | Career:
Went to England with his mother and two sisters from the West Indies after the death of his father. Nominated as cadet for Madras by laurence Sullivan, a director of the East India Company (1778); selected by Warren Hastings to accompany a second mission to Bhutan and Tibet as draughtsman and surveyor, though was not allowed in by the court of the Panchen Lama.
Member of the Court of Directors, HEIC
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 28/06/1792 |
| Relationships | Father also John Davis, who held post of commisary-general in the West Indies, and his Welsh wife, nee Phillips; married Henrietta Boileau (August 1794); had four sons and seven daughters. Eldest son, Sir John Francis Davis (1795-1890) becamne the first Governor fo Hong Kong. |
| PublishedWorks | 'Remarks on the Religious and Social Institutions of the Bouteas, or Inhabitants of Boutan' (1830) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll
References:
R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the Colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 1. 1731-1847' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 307-332
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography gives his date of birth as 1760 in the West Indies |
| Code | NA2791 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1792/06 | Davis, Samuel: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |