Arthur Davenport (electrical engineer)

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Arthur Egbert Davenport {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CMG|size=85%}} (17 April 1901 – 15 April 1973) was a New Zealand electrical engineer and electricity administrator. He was born in Marton, New Zealand.{{DNZB|title=Arthur Egbert Davenport|first= John E.|last= Martin|id=5d4|accessdate=23 April 2017}}

In 1953, Davenport was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.{{cite news |url=http://www.nzlii.org/nz/other/nz_gazette/1953/37.pdf |title=Coronation Medal |work=Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette |issue=37 |date=3 July 1953 |access-date=18 April 2021 |pages=1021–1035}} In the 1963 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, in recognition of his service as general manager of the New Zealand Electricity Department.{{London Gazette |issue=43012 |date=8 June 1963 |page=4831}}