Background
The eldest son of James Davidson of Tower Hill, London, a stationer and deputy-lieutenant of the Tower of London, and Ann his wife, only daughter of William Sawyer of Ipswich, he was born at Tower Hill on 15 August 1793.
The eldest son of James Davidson of Tower Hill, London, a stationer and deputy-lieutenant of the Tower of London, and Ann his wife, only daughter of William Sawyer of Ipswich, he was born at Tower Hill on 15 August 1793.
When not quite thirty years old he bought the estate of Secktor, near Axminster in Devon. He enlarged the small cottage, and lived there for the rest of his life. Davidson died at Secktor House, Axminster, on 29 February 1864, and was buried in the town cemetery.
Many books from their Secktor House library were put on sale by William George of Bristol in 1887.