Edward Hilary Davis is a historical consultant and a special advisor. He began his career as a researcher at Her Majesty's College of Arms, London, later becoming a medals specialist at Spink & Son, and has independently advised royal families, governments and embassies on protocol, ceremony, and medals, as well as been a historical advisor on film and TV productions. He has worked in architectural Heritage Consultancy for Purcell as well as interviewed and worked with other historians such as Professor Kate Williams.
Educated at Lancing, Royal Holloway, and Cambridge, he is President of the Cambridge University Heraldic and Genealogical Society, Councillor of the Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and co-organiser of the Royal Versailles Ball 2022.