Early Life
The son of a wealthy restaurateur from Fulham, Davenport was educated at Frensham Heights School, Surrey, and Mander Portman Woodward, a South Kensington crammer. At the age of 15 he began selling clothes on Portobello Road before making a career organising parties, first at his home and later in nightclubs.
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