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 Governor-General of Australia 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), who became the fifth holder of the title. The Denman baronetcy, of Staffield in the County

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, was created in the

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in 1945 for the Hon.

Richard Denman The Honourable 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 c ...

, 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

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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

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 De ...

(1779–1854) *

Thomas Aitchison-Denman, 2nd Baron Denman Thomas Aitchison-Denman, 2nd Baron Denman (30 July 1805 – 9 August 1894), was a British aristocrat and politician. He was born in London, the son of Thomas Denman and the former Theodosia Anne Vevers. His father was made Attorney General in 183 ...

(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, inheri ...

(1874–1954) *Thomas Denman, 4th Baron Denman (1905–1971) * Charles Spencer Denman, 5th Baron Denman (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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