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.

Career

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

He was appointed:

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.

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

Academic offices
Preceded byJohn Foster	Head Master of Eton College 1773–1792	Succeeded byGeorge Heath
Preceded byWilliam Hayward Roberts	Provost of Eton College 1791–1809	Succeeded byJoseph Goodall

v t e 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

v t e 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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