Early Life and Career
Born in April 1859 at Valletta, Malta, Davidson was the son of James Davidson of Killyleagh, Ireland, an agent for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. After being educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford, Davidson graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge. In 1880 he entered the Ceylon Civil Service and, by 1898, had risen to be Chairman of the Colombo Municipal Council and Mayor of Colombo (1897–1898). In 1902 he was appointed a Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) and Colonial Secretary in the Colony of Transvaal, South Africa, involving himself in the post-Boer War reconstruction. He held this office until 1904.
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