Life and Career
Davis was born in Dublin, Ireland, in a Jewish family, the son of Hyman Davis, a photographer, and his wife Isabella. He was educated at University College, London, where he took the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1869. One of Hall's sisters, Julia Frankau, was a successful novelist, under the name of "Frank Danby", and the mother of the author Gilbert Frankau and the actor Ronald Frankau, who appeared in London in A Country Girl (1914 revival), The Gay Princess (1931) and a long run of 1930s and 1940s revues. Another sister, Eliza Davis Aria was a writer, journalist and long-time lover of Henry Irving.
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