Sir Richard Douglas Denman, 1st Baronet (24 August 1876 – 22 December 1957), was a British

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 Member of Parliament

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 (MP).

Denman was the son of Richard Denman, a court clerk and Helen Mary McMicking. Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman

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, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench

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, was his great-grandfather. Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman

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, Governor-General of Australia

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, was his elder brother. Denman was elected to the House of Commons

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 for Carlisle

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 as a Liberal

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 in January 1910, a seat he held until he stood down in 1918

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.

He stood unsuccessfully in Newcastle-upon-Tyne West

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 in 1922

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, and was defeated again when he stood in Carlisle at the 1923 general election

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.

He later joined the Labour Party

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 and was elected for Leeds Central

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 in 1929. He continued to sit for this constituency until 1945, from 1931 as a National Labour representative.

In 1945, Denman was created a Baronet, of Staffield in the County of Cumberland

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. He died in December 1957, aged 81, and was succeeded by his son Charles, who in 1971 also succeeded his cousin as fifth Baron Denman.

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