Background
Davenport was the son of John Davenport of Westwood, Staffordshire, a Justice of the Peace and a Deputy Lieutenant of the county.
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He was educated at Harrow and at Christ Church, Oxford, and was called to the bar in 1860 at the Inner Temple.
Career
He later followed in his father"s footsteps and became a magistrate, and in 1889 was appointed as an honorary Commissioner in lunacy. He first stood for Parliament at the 1874 general election in Newcastle-under-Lyme, and was unsuccessful again at a by-election in Stoke-upon-Trent in February 1875. He held that seat for 5 years, until the division was abolished under the Redistribution of Seats Acting 1885, when the two-member county divisions and many parliamentary boroughs were replaced with new single-member county divisions.
Davenport stood in the new Leek division at the 1885 general election, where he was narrowly beaten by the Liberal Party candidate Charles Crompton.
At the 1886 election, he overturned Compton"s majority and was returned to the Commons as Member of Parliament for Leek.
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However, he did not defend his seat in 1892, when he retired from Parliament.
Membership
22nd United Kingdom Parliament. 24th United Kingdom Parliament]
At the 1880 general election Davenport was elected as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for the Northern division of Staffordshire.
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Political Party
Conservative Party