William Rupert Davison [also known as W. Rupert Davison] was born in Flixton, Cheshire, England in 1881 and was the son of the architect Thomas Raffles Davison (1853-1937). He was articled to William Wallis Baldwin (1851-1833) and commenced practice as an architect in London in c.1904. In c.1905-06 he was in partnership with Harold Conybeare Trimnell (1874-1958) as Trimnell & Davison. They were awarded second place in a competition to design the Central Library in Hackney, London. Designs for their entry are illustrated in British Competitions in Architecture vol. 1, no. 6, January 1906
He exhibited architectural drawings at the Royal Academy in London in 1904, 1908, 1909, 1914, and 1917.
Davison lived in Woldingham,. Surrey and had an office at 6 Duke Street, London. His career as an architect was cut short when he was killed in action on 20 November 1917 whilst serving in the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) in World War One
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 1: A-K. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001
‘Obituary’. The Builder vol. 113, 1917 p. 360
‘Obituary’. RIBA Journal vol. 25, 1918 pp. 65, 113
Ward, Jan. Raffles and Rupert Davison. The Ideal Home. Kenley, Surrey: The Bourne Society, 2016