Jonathan Davies (English priest)
# Jonathan Davies (English priest)

Jonathan Davies FRS (c. 1736 – 1809) was an English schoolmaster and Anglican priest, a Canon of Windsor from 1782 to 1791.

## Career

He was educated at King's College, Cambridge, receiving an MA in 1736.

He was appointed:

* Headmaster of Eton College, Berkshire 1773–1792
* Rector of Scaldwell, Northamptonshire, 1774
* Provost of Eton College, 1791–1809

He was appointed to the eighth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1782 and held the canonry until 1791. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1789.

He died in 1809 and was buried at Eton College chapel.

