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Lady Davis

Also known as: Lady Davis; primary name: Davis, Mary Zillah
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; Female
Life dates: 1866-1941
Biography: Wife of Sir Edmund Davies (q.v.); married 1888 or 1889; nee Mary Zillah Halford Bensusan. Artist (painter) and patron of the arts, amassed vast art collection with her husband. Sold some of what remained of the Davis collection following Sir Edmund's death; the rest was sold by executors after her own death, there being no heirs.