Sir John Davie, 2nd Baronet

Arms of Davie of Creedy in the parish of Sandford, Devon: Argent, a chevron sable between three mullets pierced gules[1]

Sir John Davie, 2nd Baronet (1612-1678) of Creedy in the parish of Sandford, Devon, was Member of Parliament for Tavistock, Devon, in 1661 and was Sheriff of Devon from 1670 to 1671.

Origins

He was baptised on 6 December 1612, at Sandford. He was the son and heir of Sir John Davie, 1st Baronet (c.1589-1654) of Creedy, by his first wife (and second cousin[2]) Juliana Strode (d.1627), 5th daughter of Sir William Strode (1562-1637), MP, of Newnham, Plympton St Mary, Devon, by his 1st wife Mary Southcott (d.1617), daughter of Thomas Southcott (d.1600), of Indio, Bovey Tracey.[3] She was a sister of William Strode (1594-1645), MP,[4] one of the Five Members whose attempted arrest in the House of Commons by King Charles I in 1642 sparked the Civil War. She is shown as one of his seven daughters sculpted in relief on the mural monument of Sir William Strode in Plympton St Mary Church.

Career

He matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford on 2 December 1631 aged 19.[5] He succeeded his father in the baronetcy in October 1654. In 1661 he was elected Member of Parliament for Tavistock, Devon, in the Cavalier Parliament but only sat for six months.[6] He was Sheriff of Devon from 1670 to 1671.[7]

Marriages & progeny

Davie married four times as follows, but left no surviving male progeny:

Death & burial

Davie died at the age of about 67 and was buried at Sandford on 31 July 1678.[7]

Succession

He had no surviving male children and was succeeded by his nephew, John Davie, 3rd Baronet (1660-1692),[6] the eldest son of his younger brother William Davie (1614-1663), a Barrister-at-Law.[8]

Sources

References

  1. Debrett's Peerage, 1968, Baronets, p. 232
  2. Both were great-grand-children of John Southcott (d.1556) of Indio (See Vivian, p.719, pedigree of Strode)
  3. Vivian, p.699, pedigree of Southcott
  4. Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitation of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.719, pedigree of Strode
  5. 'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Dabbe-Dirkin', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 (1891), pp. 366-405
  6. 1 2 History of Parliament Online - Davie, Sir John, 2nd Bt.
  7. 1 2 3 George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage, Volume 2
  8. 1 2 3 Vivian, p.270, pedigree of Davie
  9. Crossette, J.S., biography of Davie, Sir John, 2nd Bt. (1612-78), of Creedy, Devon, published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690, ed. B.D. Henning, 1983
  10. Vivian, p.412, pedigree of Glanville
  11. 1 2 3 Crossette
  12. Vivian, p.587, pedigree of Parker
Parliament of England
Preceded by
William Russell
George Howard
Member of Parliament for Tavistock
1661
With: George Howard
Succeeded by
Lord Russell
George Howard
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