Having been a puisne judge at Madras (sworn in 16 March 1857),[5] Davison was appointed Chief Justice in March 1859,[6] but did not serve for long, dying at
Ootacamund on 4 November 1860.[7]William Makepeace Thackeray affectionately dedicated his historical novel The Virginians (published from 1857 to 1859) to Davison.[8][9]
Davison was married and had issue; his daughter, Emily Jane, married the organist
Philip Armes in 1864.[10][11][12]
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abAlumni Oxonienses, 1715-1886, later series, A-D, ed. Joseph Foster, Parker & Co., 1888, p. 352
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^Journal of Indian History, vol. XVII, parts I-III, Department of History, University of Kerala, 1939, p. 284
^The Madras University Calendar, 1859, printed by D. P. L. C. Connor, The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1858, p. 22
^East India- Statement regarding the moral and material progress and condition of India, during the year 1860-61, Part I, India Office, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 14 May 1862, 'Annual Report on the Administration of the Madras Presidency, during the year 1860-61', p. 211
^The Madras Presidency, with Mysore, Coorg, and the associated states, E. Thurston, Cambridge, 1913, 'The Roll of Honour', p. 242
^The Nilgiris, Madras District Gazetteer, W. Francis, Logos Press, 1908 (reprint 1984), p. 360
^The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, vol. 216, ed. Sylvanus Urban, 1864, p. 247