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William Gabriel Davy
General Sir William Gabriel Davy, (178025 January 1856) was a British Army officer who fought in the Peninsular War.
Life.
William Gabriel Davy was born in 1780 in Kingsholm, Gloucestershire. He was the eldest son of Major William Davy, Persian Secretary to Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of Bengal. Educated at Eton College, Davy became a lieutenant in the 61st Foot of the British Army in 1797. He transferred to the 5th battalion of the 60th Foot at the beginning
were obscured when he rebuilt it and gave it a classical façade in "c". 1800. In 1820, Bush sold the estate to General Sir William Gabriel Davy (1780–1856) for £12,818, and it is his son, Rev. Charles Raikes Davy, who after inheriting the estate from his father in 1856, is responsible for the size and appearance of the house and estate seen today.
Charles Raikes Davy began a program of rebuilding the mansion in 1858; datestones bear the years 1858, 1859, 1863,