Baron Denman, of Dovedale

Dovedale

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 in the County of Derby

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, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1834 for the prominent lawyer, judge and Whig politician Thomas Denman

Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman

Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman PC KC was a British lawyer, judge and politician. He served as Lord Chief Justice between 1832 and 1850.-Background and education:Denman was born in London, the son of Dr Thomas Denman...

. He served as Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench

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 from 1832 to 1850. His son, the second Baron, assumed in 1876 by Royal license the additional surname of Aitchison, which was that of his father-in-law. He was succeeded by his great-nephew, the third Baron. He was the grandson of Hon. Richard Denman, younger son of the first Baron. Lord Denman notably served as Governor-General of Australia

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 from 1911 to 1914. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the fourth Baron. On his death in 1971 the title passed to his first cousin Sir Charles Denman, 2nd Baronet, of Staffield (see below), the fifth and present holder of the titles. He unsuccessfully contested Leeds Central

Leeds Central (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the 1945 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1945

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.

The Denman Baronetcy, of Staffield in the County Cumberland

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, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1945 for the Hon. Richard Denman

Sir Richard Denman, 1st Baronet

Sir Richard Douglas Denman, 1st Baronet , was a British Member of Parliament .Denman was the son of Richard Denman, a court clerk and Helen Mary McMicking. Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, was his great-grandfather. Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman,...

, younger brother of the third Baron Denman. He had earlier represented Carlisle

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 and Leeds Central

Leeds Central (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in the House of Commons

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. He was succeeded by his son, the aforementioned second Baronet, who succeeded as fifth Baron Denman in 1971.

Barons Denman (1834)

• Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman
  Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman
  Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman PC KC was a British lawyer, judge and politician. He served as Lord Chief Justice between 1832 and 1850.-Background and education:Denman was born in London, the son of Dr Thomas Denman...
  
   (1779–1854)
• Thomas Aitchison-Denman, 2nd Baron Denman (1805–1894)
• Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman
  Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman
  Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman GCMG, KCVO, PC was a British Liberal politician and the fifth Governor-General of Australia.-Early years:...
  
   (1874–1954)
• Thomas Denman, 4th Baron Denman (1905–1971)
• Charles Spencer Denman, 5th Baron Denman (b. 1916)

The heir apparent

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 is the present holder's eldest son; the Hon. Richard Thomas Stewart Denman (b. 1946)

Denman Baronets, of Staffield (1945)

• Sir Richard Douglas Denman, 1st Baronet
  Sir Richard Denman, 1st Baronet
  Sir Richard Douglas Denman, 1st Baronet , was a British Member of Parliament .Denman was the son of Richard Denman, a court clerk and Helen Mary McMicking. Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, was his great-grandfather. Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman,...
  
   (1876–1957)
• Sir Charles Spencer Denman, 2nd Baronet (b. 1916) (succeeded as Baron Denman in 1971)