Editing J. C. C. Davidson (section)

{{Short description|British civil servant and Conservative Party politician}}
{{Other people|John Davidson}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name = The Viscount Davidson 
| honorific-suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GCVO|CH|CB|PC}}
| image = Viscount Davidson.jpg
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| caption = 
| order1 = [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]]
| term_start1 = 25 May 1923
| term_end1 = 22 January 1924
| monarch1 = [[George V]]
| primeminister1 = [[Stanley Baldwin]]
| predecessor1 =  [[James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury|The Marquess of Salisbury]]
| successor1 = [[Josiah Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood|Josiah Wedgwood]]
| term_start2 = 10 November 1931
| term_end2 = 28 May 1937
| monarch2 = [[George V]] <br> [[Edward VIII]] <br> [[George VI]]
| primeminister2 = [[Ramsay MacDonald]] <br> [[Stanley Baldwin]]
| predecessor2 =  [[Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian|The Marquess of Lothian]]
| successor2 = [[Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton|The Earl Winterton]]
| birth_date = 23 February 1889
| birth_place = 
| death_date = {{death date and age|1970|12|11|1889|2|23|df=yes}}
| death_place = 
| nationality = British
| party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]  
| alma_mater = [[Pembroke College, Cambridge]] 
| spouse = [[Frances Davidson, Viscountess Davidson|Hon. Frances Dickinson]] (1894–1985)
| children = 4, including [[Andrew Davidson, 2nd Viscount Davidson|Andrew]]
}}

'''John Colin Campbell Davidson, 1st Viscount Davidson''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|GCVO|CH|CB|PC}} (23 February 1889 – 11 December 1970<ref>{{Rayment-hc|h|2|date=March 2012}}</ref>), known before his elevation to the peerage as '''J. C. C. Davidson''', was a British civil servant and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician, best known for his close alliance with [[Stanley Baldwin]]. Initially a civil servant, Davidson was private secretary to [[Bonar Law]] between 1915 and 1920. After entering parliament in 1920, he served under Baldwin as [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]] between 1923 and 1924 and as [[Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty]] between 1924 and 1926. From 1926 to 1930 he was Chairman of the Conservative Party. He was once again Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 1931 and 1937, firstly under [[Ramsay MacDonald]] and from 1935 onwards under Baldwin. On Baldwin's retirement in 1937, Davidson left the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] and was ennobled as [[Viscount Davidson]]. Despite being only 48, he never took any further active part in politics. His wife [[Frances Davidson, Viscountess Davidson|Frances, Viscountess Davidson]], succeeded him as MP for [[Hemel Hempstead (UK Parliament constituency)|Hemel Hempstead]]. Lord Davidson died in London in 1970.