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Authorised form of nameDenman; Thomas (1779 - 1854); 1st Baron Denman
Dates1779 - 1854
Place of birthQueen Street, Golden Square, London
Date of birth23 February 1779
Date of death22 September 1854
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Stoke Albany churchyard, Northampshire
OccupationBarrister
ActivityEducation:
Eton; St John's College, Cambridge. BA (1800), MA (1803)
Career:
Called to the Bar (1806); MP for Wareham (1818-1820); MP for Nottingham (1820-1826; 1830-1832); Solicitor General to Queen Caroline; Common Sergeant of London (1822-1830); KC (1828); Attorney General (1830); Chief Justice of King's Bench (1832); Privy Councillor (1832); died of paralysis
Honours:
Kt 1830; Baron 1834
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election20/06/1833
RelationshipsSon of Thomas Denman MD; brother-in-law of Matthew Baillie FRS (he married Denman's sister); married (18 October 1804) Theodosia Anne, daughter of Rev Richard Vevers of Saxby, Lincolnshire
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
CodeNA6598
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