Sydney Beavan Davis

Sydney Davis
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Clermont
In office 18 March 1865 – 18 August 1866
Preceded by	New seat
Succeeded by	Roderick Travers
Personal details
Born	Sydney Bevan Davis 1829 Winterbourne Abbas, Dorsetshire, England
Died	27 June 1884 (aged 54-55) Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Resting place	South Rockhampton Cemetery
Nationality	English Australian
Spouse(s)	Emily Mary Anne Ariel (m.1865)
Alma mater	University of Oxford
Occupation	Pastoralist
Religion	Church of England

Sydney Bevan Davis (1829–1884) was a pastoralist and politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Sydney Bevan Davis was born in Dorsetshire, England, in 1829, the second son of Lieutenant-Colonel John Davis, of the Dorsetshire Militia, who for many years was Master of Foxhounds for Queen Victoria. Sydney Davis was a lieutenant in his father's regiment. He was educated at the University of Oxford. He immigrated to Queensland in 1861 with considerable capital that he invested in a pastoral property at Peak Downs called Peak Vale Station and also had an interest in the Craven Downs Station.

Under the Additional Members Act 1864, the seats of Clermont, Kennedy, Maryborough, Mitchell, Rockhampton and Warrego were created. By-elections to fill the new seats were held on 1 February 1865 (Maryborough and Rockhampton), on 18 March 1865 (Clermont and Kennedy) and on 25 March 1865 (Mitchell and Warrego). Sydney Davis was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in Clermont on 18 March 1865. On 18 August 1866, Sydney Davis resigned, believed to be linked to the difficult conditions caused by the drought on his pastoral holdings. Roderick Travers won the resulting by-election on 11 September 1866; however, he declined to take the seat and resigned on 12 October. A further by-election on 13 November 1866 was won by George Forbes.

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