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Davenport, William Yelverton

British, 1750 - 1832

Biography

William Yelverton Davenport was born February 10, 1750, the third son of Sharington Davenport and Gratiana Rodd. He married Jane Elizabeth Crawley, of Bath. Having no children, he was succeeded by his nephew, the Rev. Edmund Sharington Davenport, Vicar of Worfield. Around 1785, William commissioned Thomas Gainsborough to paint his portrait, now in the NGA's collection, 1961.5.3. Davenport was a country gentleman and sportsman, devoted to coursing (already a member of three clubs, he founded the Morse Club in 1815). He took no part in either national or local political life, and died in 1832.

Bibliography

1900
Burke, Sir Bernard. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain. Edited by Ashworth P. Burke. 10th ed. London, 1900: 402.

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