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Robert Gent-Davis
Robert Gent-Davis (1 July 1857 – 1903) was an English businessman and Conservative politician.
Davis was born at Pimlico, the son of Robert Davis and his wife née Gent. He was educated privately and became a distillers chemist. He became head of the firm of Sparks, White, & Co Distillers' Chemists of Smithfield.〔(Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886 )〕 He became the owner of a newspaper, the ''South London Standard'', which was to support his electoral campaign.
Gent-Davis was elected Member of Parliament for Kennington in 1885.〔(Leigh Rayment )〕 In 1886 he was accused of corrupt electoral practices for expenses in connection with the purchase of the newspaper and voter registration but the judge ruled in his favour.〔(John Renwick Seager ''Corrupt and illegal practices at parliamentary elections: as defined in the judgments in election petitions from 1886 to 1906'' (1909) )〕 However in November 1888 he was sent to prison for contempt of court when he failed to pay into Court a large sum of money in trust which he had appropriated for his own use.〔(Hansard Millbank Systems Attachment of a Member )〕 He was forced to resign his seat.
Gent-Davis died in the Fulham district at the age of 45 in the 2nd quarter of 1903. He married in 1880, Blanche Ellen Dixon, daughter of William Dixon of the Admiralty.
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