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Richard Davison (1796 – 20 February 1869^[1]) was a Belfast solicitor and Conservative politician.^[2]

Davison was Member of Parliament (MP) for Belfast from 1852 to 1860, when he resigned his seat.^[3] A defender of the established church in Ireland, in 1863 Davison read a paper 'On the present position of the Irish Church' to the 5th annual conference of the united dioceses of Down, Connor and Dromore.^[4]

^ 'Death of Richard Davison, Esq., late M.P. for Belfast', The Belfast News-Letter, 22 February 1869
^ Gunn & Wiebe (eds.) Benjamin Disraeli Letters: 1952-1856, 1982, p. 196
^ 'Parliamentary Intelligence', The Times, 7 June 1860
^ The Times, 31 October 1863

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