John Clarke Davison (19 April 1875 – 19 February 1946) was abarrister andUnionist politician inNorthern Ireland.

Davison was educated atColeraine Academical Institution andTrinity College, Dublin and was called to the Irish Bar in 1898. He was a legal adviser to theGovernment of Northern Ireland from 1922 to 1925, and Senior Crown Prosecutor forCounty Louth andCounty Antrim. In 1925, he was elected in a by-election as aUnionist to theParliament of Northern Ireland fromCounty Armagh, and then from 1929 fromMid-Armagh until resigning his seat shortly after the 1938 general election upon appointment as Recorder of Londonderry.^[1] Davison was an opponent of the Irish language, considering it "political propaganda" and "disloyal". He called upon the government to ban the Irish language in schools.^[2]

He was Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons from March – June 1937 andParliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Home Affairs from 1937 – 1938. He died on 19 February 1946.^[1]

• 1875 births
• 1946 deaths
• Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
• Barristers from Northern Ireland
• Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1925–1929
• Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1929–1933
• Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1933–1938
• Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1938–1945
• Northern Ireland junior government ministers (Parliament of Northern Ireland)
• Ulster Unionist Party members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland
• Judges in Northern Ireland
• People educated at Coleraine Academical Institution
• Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for County Armagh constituencies

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