David Davies (physician)

[1] Entering the medical profession whilst still quite a young man, he moved to London, and worked as an assistant to one of the physicians to Queen Adelaide.

[2] He was made a member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1815, and was granted a Lambeth degree in Medicine in 1836.

[3] Davies was knighted in 1837, shortly after Queen Victoria had ascended the throne.

[4] He remained physician to Queen Adelaide during her years of failing health and accompanied her to Madeira in the fall of 1847.

[1] His sons were William (a first-class cricketer) and Robert (a colonial official in British India).