A portrait of Davies and his wife Sara Forbes Bonetta, photographed in London in 1862
Born
(1828-08-14)14 August 1828
Bathurst, British Sierra Leone
Died
29 April 1906(1906-04-29) (aged 77)
Lagos, Southern Nigeria Protectorate
Resting place
Ajele Cemetery
Nationality
Nigerian
Education
Church Missionary Society Grammar School
Occupation(s)
British Naval officer, merchant, sailor, businessman, farmer and philanthropist.
Years active
1848–1906
Employer
Royal Navy
Known for
Financing CMS Grammar School, Lagos and pioneering cocoa farming in West Africa
Spouses
Matilda Bonifacio Serrano
(m. 1859; died 1860)
Sara Forbes Bonetta
(m. 1862; died 1880)
Catherine Kofoworola Reffle
(m. 1889–1906)
Children
Victoria Davies (daughter) Arthur Davies (son) Stella Davies (daughter)
Parent(s)
James Davies (father) Charlotte Davies (mother)
Relatives
John Randle (physician) (son-in-law)
Ameyo Adadevoh (great-great-granddaughter)
James Pinson Labulo Davies (14 August 1828[1] – 29 April 1906[2]) was a Nigerian businessman, merchant-sailor, naval officer, farmer, pioneer industrialist, statesman, and philanthropist who married Sara Forbes Bonetta in colonial Lagos.[3][4]
^Elebute, Adeyemo (2013). The Life of James Pinson Labulo Davies: A Colossus of Victorian Lagos. Kachifo Limited/Prestige. p. 1. ISBN 9789785205763.
^Elebute (2013). The Life of James Pinson Labulo Davies. p. 234.
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Lawrence, Andrew G.; Afe Adogame (29 September 2014). Africa in Scotland, Scotland in Africa: Historical Legacies and Contemporary Hybridities. p. 123. ISBN 978-9-00-4276-9-01. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
^Gad, Macaddy (13 February 2020). "ThrowBack Thursday – James Pinson Labulo Davies: A Pioneer Nigerian of Many Firsts (1) • Connect Nigeria". Connect Nigeria. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
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