William Davison

William Davison may refer to:

  • William Davison (diplomat) (c. 1541–1608), secretary to Queen Elizabeth I
  • William Davison, 1st Baron Broughshane (1872–1953), British peer and Conservative Member of Parliament
  • William Ruxton Davison (died 1893), British ornithologist and collector
  • Will Davison (born 1982), Australian racing driver
  • Bill Davison (1906–1989), jazz musician

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    “Here lies the body of William Jones
    Who all his life collected bones,
    Till Death, that grim and boney spectre,
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    Boned old Jones, so neat and tidy,
    And here he lies, all bona fide.”
    —Anonymous. “Epitaph on William Jones,” from Eleanor Broughton’s Varia (1925)

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