Background
He was born in London on 22 April 1679. His father was a merchant or tradesman in that city, who died while he was young, and his mother a daughter of Sir John Turton, knight, justice of the court of king"s bench.
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John Davies
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He was educated at Charterhouse School, and on 8 June 1695 was admitted to Queens" College, Cambridge. He graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1698, was elected a fellow of the college 7 July 1701, and commenced Master of Arts In the same year he took the degree of Doctor of Laws On the death of Doctor Henry James he was chosen to succeed him as president of Queens" College, 23 March 1717.
Career
In 1702. In 1709 Davies was junior proctor of the university. He was collated in 1711 by John Moore, the bishop of Ely, to the rectory of Fen Ditton, near Cambridge, and to a prebend in Ely Cathedral. Davies was created Doctor of Divinity in 1717, when George I visited Cambridge.
In 1718 he resigned the rectory of Glemsford in Suffolk, a benefice in the bishop of Ely"s patronage.
In 1725 Davies was elected vice-chancellor of the university. He died at Fen Ditton on 7 March 1732, and was buried in Queens" College chapel.
