Sir Edmund Denton, 1st Baronet
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Sir Edmund Denton, 1st Baronet (25 October 1676 – 4 May 1714), was an English politician.
Denton was the member of an ancient Buckinghamshire
family which had been granted the manor of Hillesdon by King Edward IV
. He was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for Buckingham
in 1698. The following year he was created a Baronet, of Hillesdon in the County of Buckingham. He continued to represent Buckingham until 1708, when he was returned for Buckinghamshire
, a seat he held until 1713.
Denton married Mary Rowe, daughter and co-heiress of Anthony Rowe, of Hackney
, Middlesex
. The marriage was childless. He died in May 1714, aged 37, when the baronetcy became extinct. Lady Denton married as her second husband Trevor Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough
.
Denton was the member of an ancient Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
family which had been granted the manor of Hillesdon by King Edward IV
Edward IV of England
Edward IV was King of England from 4 March 1461 until 3 October 1470, and again from 11 April 1471 until his death. He was the first Yorkist King of England...
. He was returned to parliament as one of two representatives for Buckingham
Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency)
Buckingham is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...
in 1698. The following year he was created a Baronet, of Hillesdon in the County of Buckingham. He continued to represent Buckingham until 1708, when he was returned for Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Buckinghamshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885.Its most prominent member was...
, a seat he held until 1713.
Denton married Mary Rowe, daughter and co-heiress of Anthony Rowe, of Hackney
Hackney
-Places:* London Borough of Hackney, formed in 1965** Metropolitan Borough of Hackney, formed in 1900 and abolished in 1965** Hackney Central** Hackney Central , a political division of the Council** Hackney Central railway station** Hackney College...
, Middlesex
Middlesex
Middlesex is one of the historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. The low-lying county contained the wealthy and politically independent City of London on its southern boundary and was dominated by it from a very early time...
. The marriage was childless. He died in May 1714, aged 37, when the baronetcy became extinct. Lady Denton married as her second husband Trevor Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough
Trevor Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough
Trevor Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough was an Anglo-Irish landowner and politician.The son of Michael Hill and Anne Trevor, Hill was the member of an influential landowning family of County Down, Ireland. He sat in the British House of Commons as a representative for Aylesbury from 1715 to 1722...
.