Jonathan Davies (English priest)

English schoolmaster and Anglican priest (c. 1736 – 1809)

Jonathan Davies FRS (c. 1736 – 1809) was an English schoolmaster and Anglican priest, a Canon of Windsor from 1782 to 1791.[1]

## Career

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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.[2]

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

## References

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1. ^ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S. L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
2. ^ "Fellow Details". Royal Society. Retrieved 20 January 2017.

Academic offices

Preceded by

John Foster

|  Head Master of Eton College
1773–1792  | Succeeded by

George Heath

Preceded by

William Hayward Roberts

|  Provost of Eton College
1791–1809  | Succeeded by

Joseph Goodall

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Head Masters of Eton College since 1711

* Andrew Snape
* Henry Bland
* William George
* William Cooke
* John Sumner
* Edward Barnard
* John Foster
* Jonathan Davies
* George Heath
* Joseph Goodall
* John Keate
* Edward Craven Hawtrey
* Charles Old Goodford
* Edward Balston
* James John Hornby
* Edmond Warre
* Edward Lyttelton
* Cyril Alington
* Claude Aurelius Elliott
* Robert Birley
* Anthony Chenevix-Trench
* Michael McCrum
* Eric Anderson
* John Lewis
* Tony Little
* Simon Henderson

For Head Masters prior to 1711, see List of Head Masters of Eton College

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Provosts of Eton College

* Henry Sever
* William Waynflete
* John Clerk
* William Westbury
* Thomas Barker
* Henry Bost
* Roger Lupton
* Roger Aldrich
* Sir Thomas Smith
* Henry Cole
* William Bill
* Richard Bruerne
* William Day
* Sir Henry Savile
* Thomas Murray
* Henry Wotton
* Richard Steward
* Francis Rous
* Nicholas Lockyer
* Nicholas Monck
* John Meredith
* Richard Allestree
* Zachary Cradock
* Henry Godolphin
* Henry Bland
* Stephen Sleech
* Edward Barnard
* William Hayward Roberts
* Jonathan Davies
* Joseph Goodall
* John Lonsdale
* Francis Hodgson
* Edward Craven Hawtrey
* Charles Old Goodford
* James John Hornby
* Edmond Warre
* Montague Rhodes James
* Lord Hugh Cecil
* Henry Marten
* Claude Aurelius Elliott
* Harold Caccia, Baron Caccia
* Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield
* Antony Acland
* Eric Anderson
* William Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill

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