Arthur Davenport (21 April 1818 - 28 February 1907) was an Anglican priest in Australia during the nineteenth century.
Tancred was born in the City of London and educated at Merchant Taylors' School and Christ's College, Cambridge.Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752–1900 Vol. ii. Chalmers – Fytche, (1944) p232 After a curacy in Ipswich he travelled to Tasmania."Records of the Chicheley Plowdens" Plowden, W.F. p145:London; Heath, Cranton & Ouseley; 1914 Davenport was Vicar of HobartUniversity of Tasmania from 1846 to 1880; and Archdeacon of Hobart from 1880'Ecclesiastical Appointments' Thursday, Mar. 25, 1880 The Times (London, England) Issue: 29838 to 1888. He then became Canon of St. David's Cathedral until his retirement in 1892.
His grandson, Arthur Davenport, was awarded the Military Cross during World War One.'Deaths' Thursday, Mar. 28, 1918 The Times (London, England) Issue: 41749
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