A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Davison, Kilgour
DAVISON. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 15; h-p., 29.)
Kilgour Davison entered the Navy, 15 April, 1803, as Schoolmaster, on board the Ethalion 38, Capts. Chas. Stuart, Joseph Spear, Wm. Chas. Fahie, and Thos. John Cochrane, under which officers he successively served, latterly as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, until Dec. 1808. He assisted, during that period, at the capture of the Danish West India islands of St. Thomas and Sta. Croix in Dec. 1807, and, pending the last five months of his attachment to the Ethalion, was absent in a prize. On next joining the Neptune 98, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, he served at the taking, in Feb. and April, 1809, of the islands of Martinique and the Saintes, and of the French 74-gun ship D’Haupoult. While in the Neptune, he also, we believe, aided in cutting out a schooner under a heavy fire from the batteries of St. Eustatius. Being appointed, 29 June, 1809, to an Acting-Lieutenancy in the Vimiera brig, Capt. Edw. Scobell, Mr. Davison, in Feb. 1810, further contributed to the reduction of St. Martin, St. Eustatius, and Saba. He removed on 5 July following to the Scorpion 18, Capts. Hon. John Gore and Robt. Giles, and, being confirmed in that vessel 17 July, 1811, continued to serve in her, on the Spanish Main, and off the coast of Africa, until March, 1813. He subsequently held an appointment in the Coast Guard from 14 May, 1831, until 1836; but has since been on half-pay.