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English actor (1928–2013)

Arthur Nigel Davenport (23 May 1928 – 25 October 2013) was an English stage, television and film actor,^[1] best known as the Duke of Norfolk and Lord Birkenhead in the Academy Award-winning films A Man for All Seasons and Chariots of Fire, respectively.

Early life and education

Davenport was born in Great Shelford,^[2]Cambridgeshire, son of Arthur Henry Davenport and Katherine Lucy (née Meiklejohn).^[3] His father was an engineer, educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge before being employed as an engineer for the Midland Railway, and was later a lecturer in engineering, a Fellow, and the bursar at his alma mater, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge;^[1][4] Arthur Davenport had served for four years in the Royal Engineers during World War I, and was awarded a Military Cross.

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