Charles Davidson was born in Forfar  but moved to Paisley in 1875 to work on the National Bank and Bank of Scotland in St Mirren Street. Davidson  remained in Paisley and commenced independent practice there around 1880.  He died in February 1925. Davidson's two sons took over the practice, the name of which became C Davidson & Son and it continued to work in Paisley.

The Royal Victoria Eye Infirmary in Mansionhouse Road was designed by Charles Davidson,and opened in 1899 to replace an earlier Eye Infirmary in Gauze Street. The Infirmary was a gift to the town by Provost Mackenzie in honour of Queen Victoria’s diamond Jubilee. The white building on the right was a later addition by James Steel Maitland, another of Paisley’s illustrious architects.  The Infirmary closed in the 1980’s and is now a Nursing Home.

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