Jacob Davies
Jacob Davies (1816–1849) was a Welsh Baptist missionary from the Newtown area of Montgomeryshire. He became a Baptist in 1835. In 1837, he began preaching, and, in 1840, moved to study at Horton College in Bradford. He married Eliza Green of Peckham.In 1844, he was appointed to a missionary position in Ceylon; but within a few years his health began to fail.
In February 1849, he supported the Kandyans against the Governor of Ceylon, Lord Torrington, following the Matale rebellion. After 5 years in Ceylon, he died in Colombo, on 2 November 1849, of cholera at the home of Dr Elliott. and was buried at Wolvendaal Church.
His only son, Sir James Ackworth Davies (1845-1906), was a judge in the Madras Civil Service including serving for many years as a Judge of the High Court, Madras. Provided by Wikipedia
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