There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Denny, one in the
Baronetage of England, one in the
Baronetage of Ireland and one in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom. As of 2014 two of the creations are extant.
The Denny Baronetcy, of Gillingham in the County of Norfolk, was created in the Baronetage of England on 3 June 1642 for William Denny. The title became extinct on his death in 1676.
The Denny Baronetcy, of Castle Moyle (''sic'') in the County of Kerry, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 12 January 1782 for Barry Denny. He was a descendant of
Sir Anthony Denny, confidant of
King Henry VIII. Burke's Peerage 1934 states that the
letters patent creating the baronetcy were in error giving the title as of "Castle Moyle", instead of "Castle More" signifying
Tralee Castle
Tralee Castle was a medieval strategic castle in Tralee, Kerry, owned by the Denny family from 1586. It is now a ruin.
The castle was built by the Desmond family, likely in the mid-thirteenth century at a similar time to the constriction of ...
, the family seat in
County Kerry. The second Baronet was about to be raised to the peerage when he was killed in a
duel in 1794. The third and fourth Baronets represented
Tralee
Tralee ( ; ga, Trá Lí, ; formerly , meaning 'strand of the Lee River') is the county town of County Kerry in the south-west of Ireland. The town is on the northern side of the neck of the Dingle Peninsula, and is the largest town in Count ...
in the
House of Commons
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. The sixth Baronet was a founder of the
North-West Mounted Police in
Canada
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, Indian agent and author. The third son of the seventh Baronet was the artist
Robyn Denny
Edward Maurice FitzGerald "Robyn" Denny (3 October 1930 – 20 May 2014) was one of a group of young artists who transformed British art in the late 1950s, leading it into the international mainstream. Reacting against the mainstream St Ives Sch ...
. The
Denny Earls of Norwich were members of another branch of the family.
The Denny Baronetcy, of Dumbarton in the County of Dunbarton, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 16 June 1913 for the naval architect and shipbuilder
Archibald Denny.
He was a Director of William Denny & Brothers Ltd, shipbuilders and engineers, of
Dumbarton
Dumbarton (; also sco, Dumbairton; ) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the north bank of the River Clyde where the River Leven flows into the Clyde estuary. In 2006, it had an estimated population of 19,990.
Dumbarton was the ca ...
. The second Baronet was President of William Denny & Brothers Ltd. The third Baronet was Chairman of the Air Registration Board.
Denny baronets, of Gillingham (1642)
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Sir William Denny, 1st Baronet (died 1676)
Denny baronets, of Castle Moyle (1782)
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Sir Barry Denny, 1st Baronet
Sir Barry Denny, 1st Baronet (c. 1744 – April 1794) was an Anglo-Irish politician. The Denny family effectively owned the town of Tralee.
Denny was the son of Reverend Barry Denny and Jane O'Connor. He served in the Tralee Corps of the Irish V ...
(–1794)
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Sir Barry Denny, 2nd Baronet (died 1794)
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Sir Edward Denny, 3rd Baronet (c. 1773–1831)
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Sir Edward Denny, 4th Baronet (1796–1889)
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Sir Robert Arthur Denny, 5th Baronet (1838–1921)
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Sir Cecil Edward Denny, 6th Baronet (1850–1928)
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Sir Henry Lyttelton Lyster Denny, 7th Baronet (1878–1953)
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Sir Anthony Coningham de Waltham Denny, 8th Baronet (1925–2013)
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Sir Piers Anthony de Waltham Denny, 9th Baronet (born 1954)
The
heir presumptive
An heir presumptive is the person entitled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honour, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of an heir apparent or a new heir presumptive with a better claim to the position in question.
...
is the present holder's younger brother,
Thomas Francis Coningham Denny (born 1956).
Denny baronets, of Dumbarton (1913)
*Sir
Archibald Denny, 1st Baronet
FRSE (1860–1936), shipbuilder
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Sir Maurice Edward Denny, 2nd Baronet (1886–1955)
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Sir Alistair Maurice Archibald Denny, 3rd Baronet (1922–1995)
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Sir Charles Alistair Maurice Denny, 4th Baronet (born 1950)
The
heir apparent
An heir apparent, often shortened to heir, is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person; a person who is first in the order of succession but can be displaced by the b ...
is the present holder's only son Patrick Charles Alistair Denny (born 1985).
Notes
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
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External links
Biography of Sir Cecil Denny, 6th Baronet, at The Canadian Encyclopedia eadlink
Baronetcies in the Baronetage of Ireland
Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England
1642 establishments in England
1782 establishments in Ireland
1913 establishments in the United Kingdom