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Admiral Sir William Wellclose Davis (11 October 1901 – 29 October 1987) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Vice Chief of the Naval Staff. Early life and education Davis was the elder son of Walter Stewart Davis (1856-1946), JP, of the Indian Political Department, and Georgina (died 1925), daughter of David Ross, CIE. The Davis family were landed gentry, of Well Close, Brockworth, Gloucestershire; Davis's middle name came from the family estate. Davis was educated at Summer Fields School in Oxford, the Royal Naval College, Osborne, and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. Naval career Davis was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1917, towards the end of the First World War. He also saw active service in the Second World War, initially as Executive Officer on the battlecruiser . From 1940 he was Deputy Director of Plans at the Admiralty and then, from 1943, returned to sea as Commander of the cruiser HMS Mauritius, in which capacity he was involved in the Sicily landings, the Normandy landings, and the action at Audierne Bay. From November 1944 to February 1946 he was appointed Director of Torpedoes and Mining.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“All peoples part with their myths reluctantly, and historians are at some risk when they try to dismantle those of the Confederacy.”
— p. 177
“Legalistic Southerners tried to view the Constitution as a contract. Unfortunately, that viewpoint breaks down when viewed as a lawyer views a contract. There are very few ways to legally break a contract unilaterally.”
— p. 186
“So long as the number of slave states was the same as or greater than the number of free states, then in the Senate the South had a check on the government.”
— p. 9
“The only substantial difference between them, and the one that divided them politically almost since birth, was their system of labor.”
— p. 20
“Thanks to slavery, in the South capital and labor were combined in nearly four million sweating field hands picking cotton and planting rice.”
— p. 21
“Confederates were terrified of what was happening to slavery.”
— p. 150

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Admiral Sir William Wellclose Davis (11 October 1901 – 29 October 1987) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Vice Chief of the Naval Staff.

Overview

Admiral Sir William Wellclose Davis (11 October 1901 – 29 October 1987) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Vice Chief of the Naval Staff. Early life and education Davis was the elder son of Walter Stewart Davis (1856-1946), JP, of the Indian Political Department, and Georgina (died 1925), daughter of David Ross, CIE. The Davis family were landed gentry, of Well Close, Brockworth, Gloucestershire; Davis's middle name came from the family estate. Davis was educated at Summer Fields School in Oxford, the Royal Naval College, Osborne, and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. Naval career Davis was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1917, towards the end of the First World War. He also saw active service in the Second World War, initially as Executive Officer on the battlecruiser . From 1940 he was Deputy Director of Plans at the Admiralty and then, from 1943, returned to sea as Commander of the cruiser HMS Mauritius, in which capacity he was involved in the Sicily landings, the Normandy landings, and the action at Audierne Bay. From November 1944 to February 1946 he was appointed Director of Torpedoes and Mining.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“All peoples part with their myths reluctantly, and historians are at some risk when they try to dismantle those of the Confederacy.”
— p. 177
“Legalistic Southerners tried to view the Constitution as a contract. Unfortunately, that viewpoint breaks down when viewed as a lawyer views a contract. There are very few ways to legally break a contract unilaterally.”
— p. 186
“So long as the number of slave states was the same as or greater than the number of free states, then in the Senate the South had a check on the government.”
— p. 9
“The only substantial difference between them, and the one that divided them politically almost since birth, was their system of labor.”
— p. 20
“Thanks to slavery, in the South capital and labor were combined in nearly four million sweating field hands picking cotton and planting rice.”
— p. 21
“Confederates were terrified of what was happening to slavery.”
— p. 150

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Not who you're looking for? Others named William Davis: Irish painter (1812-1873) · Canadian coal miner (1887–1925) · British journalist and editor (1933-2019) · English priest

William Davis across IJR

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William DavisThe English priest, cornered at a party and loving it.William DavisonThe late-night sketch version — live in your chat.William DavisonThe late-night sketch version — live in your chat.

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