Baron Denman, of

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in the County of Derby, is a title in the

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

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from 1832 to 1850. His son, the second Baron, assumed in 1876 by royal licence the additional surname of Aitchison, which was that of his father-in-law. He was succeeded by his grandnephew, the third Baron. He was the grandson of the Hon. Richard Denman, younger son of the first Baron. Lord Denman notably served as

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, was created in the

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in 1945 for the Hon.

Richard Denman Sir Richard Douglas Denman, 1st Baronet (24 August 1876 – 22 December 1957), was a radical British Liberal Party politician and Labour Party then National Labour MP. Background Denman was the son of Richard Denman, a court clerk and Helen M ...

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

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in the

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as a Liberal from January 1910 until

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and Leeds Central as Labour from

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, and National Labour from

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. He was succeeded by his son, the aforementioned second Baronet, who succeeded as fifth Baron Denman in 1971. He had unsuccessfully contested Leeds Central in the 1945 general election for the

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. He was succeeded by his son, who succeeded as sixth Baron Denman in 2012.

Barons Denman (1834)

Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman, (23 July 177926 September 1854) was an English 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 ...

(1779–1854) * Thomas Aitchison-Denman, 2nd Baron Denman (1805–1894) *

Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman, (16 November 1874 – 24 June 1954), was a British aristocrat and politician who served as the fifth Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1911 to 1914. Denman was born into the English nobility, inhe ...

(1874–1954) *Thomas Denman, 4th Baron Denman (1905–1971) * Charles Spencer Denman, 5th Baron Denman, CBE, MC (1916–2012) *Richard Thomas Stewart Denman, 6th Baron Denman (b. 1946) The

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is the present holder's son, the Hon. Robert Denman (b. 1995).

Denman baronets, of Staffield (1945)

* Sir Richard Douglas Denman, 1st Baronet (1876–1957) *Sir Charles Spencer Denman, 2nd Baronet (1916–2012), succeeded as Baron Denman in 1971 (see above for earlier history of this title)

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