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Major General Sir John Humphrey 'Tavish' Davidson DSO KCMG CB (24 July 1876 – 11 December 1954) was a British army officer and Member of Parliament. He was born in Mauritius to George Walter Davidson, a merchant, and his wife Johanna, and some time before 1890 they moved back to England. From 1890 Davidson was educated at Harrow School, continuing his education at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst after he left Harrow in 1893. He graduated in 1896 and joined the 1st Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps. By 1899 the Corps had been transferred to Cape Colony, and they were directly involved in the Second Boer War. Davidson and his battalion served in both the Battle of Talana Hill and the Battle of Ladysmith before Davidson was attached to a local cavalry unit with the objective of disrupting Boer commando units. By 1902 he had been promoted to Captain and made a DSO.