Baron Denman
Baron Denman , of Dovedale in the County of Derby , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Award and subordinate titles
The title was created for Sir Thomas Denman on March 28, 1834 . He had been an eminent lawyer of his day and Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales .
With the childless death of his great-great grandson, the 4th baron , the title fell in 1971 to his cousin Sir Charles Denman, 2nd baronet , as 5th baron. This had in 1957 from his father, the House of Commons Richard Denman (1876-1957), the younger brother of the 3rd Baron, inherited the subordinate title Baronet , of Staffield in the County of Cumberland , which this on July 2, 1945 in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.
Today's title holder has been his son Richard Denman as the 6th Baron since 2012 .
List of Barons Denman (1834)
- Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman (1779-1854)
- Thomas Aitchison-Denman, 2nd Baron Denman (1805-1894)
- Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman (1874–1954)
- Thomas Denman, 4th Baron Denman (1905–1971)
- Charles Denman, 5th Baron Denman (1916–2012)
- Richard Denman, 6th Baron Denman (* 1946)
Title heir is the eldest son of the current baron, Hon. Robert Denman (* 1995).
Literature and web links
- Charles Kidd, David Williamson: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. St Martin's Press, New York 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Denman, Baron (UK, 1834) at Cracroft's Peerage