Edward Davson

• Born on September 14, 1875
• Deceased on August 9, 1937, at the age of 61 years

Parents

• Henry Davson (1830 - 1909), merchant of Sugar, founder of Henry Davson & Sons
• Ann Helen Miller (1849 - )

Family

• Married in 1921, with Margot Elinor Glyn (1893 - 1966)

Occupations

• chairman of the British Empire Producers' Organisation
• president of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce of the British Empire
• founder and first president of the Associated West Indian Chambers of Commerce
• member of the Empire Marketing Board (1926 - 1933)
• governor of the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture,
• member of the London Committee of Barclays Bank

Distinctions

• order of Saint Michael and Saint George