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Davenport was described by George III as ‘a very creditable person in his profession’,1King to North, 8 Mar. 1781, Fortescue, v. 202. but he was of little consequence in Parliament. He sat for Newton on the interest of Peter Legh, a near neighbour of his family in Cheshire; and voted in Parliament with Lord North, both in office and in opposition. He spoke in the House on two subjects: in November and December 1783, when he pressed for the expulsion of Christopher Atkinson, whom he had prosecuted for perjury; and in May and June 1784 for Fox on the Westminster scrutiny. He died 25 Mar. 1786.