Sir John Michael Davies KCB[1] (born 2 August 1940) is the former Clerk of the Parliaments of the United Kingdom.
He served as the Private Secretary to the Government Chief Whip and Leader of the House when Lord Windlesham held the position.
[3] Sir Michael was Clerk of the Parliaments at the time of the passage of the House of Lords Act, 1999 which required several administrative changes.
In his address to the Chamber, on the retirement of Sir Michael, Lord Williams of Mostyn said that "[h]e oversaw the first change in administration in 18 years.
Sir Michael's great-grandfather, Frederick Temple, was the Archbishop of Canterbury at the turn of the century who, at the age of 81 in 1902, had the task of making the arrangements for the coronation of Edward VII the son of Queen Victoria.