John Francis Davis

Sir John Francis Davis
Bt KCB
Sir John Francis Davis Bt KCB
2nd Governor of Hong Kong
	In office; 8 May 1844 – 21 March 1848
Monarch	Victoria
Lieutenant	Sir George D'Aguilar; William Staveley
Preceded by	Sir Henry Pottinger
Succeeded by	Sir George Bonham
Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China
	In office; 8 May 1844 – 21 March 1848
Preceded by	Sir Henry Pottinger
Succeeded by	Sir George Bonham
	In office; 11 October 1834 – 19 January 1835
Preceded by	Lord Napier
Succeeded by	Sir George Robinson
Personal details
Born	16 July 1795; London, England
Died	13 November 1890 (aged 95); Henbury, United Kingdom
Resting place	All Saints Church, Compton Greenfield, England
Spouse(s)	Emily Humfrays (1822–1866); Lucy Locke (1867–1890)
Children	6 daughters, 2 sons
Chinese name
Chinese	戴維斯
Sidney Lau
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Sidney Lau	Daai3 Wai4 Si1

Sir John Francis Davis, 1st Baronet KCB (16 July 1795 – 13 November 1890) was a British diplomat and sinologist who served as second Governor of Hong Kong from 1844 to 1848. Davis was the first President of Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong.