General Sir William Gabriel Davy, KCH (1780 – 25 January 1856) was a British Army officer who fought in the Peninsular War.

He was the eldest son of Major William Davy, Persian Secretary to Warren Hastings, the first Governor-General of Bengal.

[1][2] Educated at Eton College,[3][4] Davy became a lieutenant in the 61st Foot of the British Army in 1797.

At one point, the troops ascended a mountain "so covered with brushwood that [their] legs were ready to sink under [them].

The sister of the new Lady Davy was married to Major-General Sir Richard England.