Edward Henry Meggs Davis (18 August 1846, in Galway – 6 October 1929) was a Royal Navy captain, then admiral, who served in the Cape of Good Hope Station, Pacific Station, Mediterranean Fleet and the Jamaica Division.
[2] In 1877-78, he served in the Cape Colony with the Naval Brigade in the ninth and final frontier war against the Xhosa armies, In 1878, he was promoted to the rank of Commander, for his services.
The Royalist was sent to punished a village of the Kalikoqu tribe in the Roviana Lagoon, southern side of New Georgia in the Solomon Islands, following a murder of a trader; the sailors shot some of the men who were believed to be the leaders, set fire to the village and destroyed canoes.
"[7][8] He was appointed in command of HMS Royal Sovereign in 1897, and was assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet.
He was appointed in command of HMS Howe in 1898, which was a port guardship at Queenstown (Cobh), Ireland.