Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman

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Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman

Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman PC , KC (born July 23, 1779 in London , † September 26, 1854 in Stoke Albany , Northamptonshire ) was a British lawyer , judge and politician . He was Lord Chief Justice from 1832 to 1850 .

Life

Denman was the son of Dr. Thomas Denman. At the age of four he attended the Palgrave Academy, a kind of boarding school with lessons also for preschoolers in Suffolk , where his education was supervised by Anna Laetitia Barbauld and her husband. He later attended Eton College and St John's College , where he graduated in 1800. He was admitted to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1806 and began practicing immediately.

His success came quickly and within a few years he was second only to Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux , and James Scarlett in court . He particularly excelled in defending the Luddites .

His most brilliant appearance in court was as legal advisor to Caroline von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel . His speech to the House of Lords was very powerful and some competent judges saw it as no worse than the Broughams. It contained a daring paragraph or two that made the king his bitter enemy and delayed Denman's legitimate promotion.

In the general election of 1818 he was re-elected as a Member of the House of Commons for Wareham and took his seat as part of the Whig opposition. The following year he returned to Parliament for Nottingham . He held this seat until 1826 and then again from 1830 until his appointment as judge in 1832. In 1822 he was magistrate of London (Common Sergeant). Until then, his liberal principles had prevented him from getting a public judicial office.

In 1830 he was appointed Attorney General for England and Wales in the government of Charles Gray, 2nd Earl Gray , and two years later Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales . In 1834 he was raised to the nobility as Baron Denman , of Dovedale in the County of Derby . As a judge, his decision in the immunity trial Stockdale v. Hansard known from 1839. In 1850 he resigned as Chief Justice and retired into private life.

He was Governor of the London Charter House and Vice President of the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy .

family

Lord Denman married Theodosia Anne, daughter of the Reverend Richard Vevers, in 1804. His country house was Middleton Hall , Stoney Middleton in Derbyshire . He died in Stoke Albany , Northamptonshire , aged 75. His successor as a baron was his son Thomas.

His son, Joseph Denman , was an officer in the British Navy .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ The works of Anna Laetitia Barbauld . (Work edition with a biography about Anna Laetitia Barbauld) archive.org
predecessor Office successor
New title created Baron Denman
1834-1854 		Thomas Aitchison-Denman
personal data
SURNAME Denman, Thomas, 1st Baron Denman
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Denman, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician, Member of the House of Commons, judge and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1779
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH September 26, 1854
Place of death Stoke Albany , Northamptonshire