Edmund Denton

Sir Edmund Denton
Sir Edmund Denton
Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire
	In office; 1708–1713
Member of Parliament for Buckingham
	In office; 1698–1708
Personal details
Born	14 August 1679
Died	22 March 1740 (aged 60)
Spouse	Mary Rowe
Relatives	Alexander Denton (brother); Anthony Rowe (father-in-law)
Education	Wadham College, Oxford

Sir Edmund Denton, 1st Baronet (25 October 1676 – 4 May 1714), of Hillesden, Buckinghamshire, was an English Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1698 to 1713.

Biography

Denton was baptized on 25 October 1676, the eldest son of Alexander Denton (1654–1698), MP for Buckingham, 1690–1698, and his wife, Esther (or Hester) Herman, daughter of Nicholas Herman of Middleton Stony. He was a member of a Cumberland family which had been granted the manor of Hillesdon by King Edward IV.^[1] He matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford in 1695, and was admitted at Middle Temple in 1697.^[2] He succeeded his father in 1698.

Denton was returned as Member of Parliament for Buckingham at the 1698 English general election.^[3] He was the elder brother of Alexander Denton, a judge.^[3]

On 12 May 1699, he was created a baronet, of Hillesdon in the County of Buckingham.^[4] He continued to represent Buckingham until the 1708 British general election, when he was returned as MP for Buckinghamshire, a seat he held until 1713.^[3]

Denton married, with a dowry of £10,000, Mary Rowe, eldest daughter and co-heiress of Anthony Rowe, (c.1641-1704) of Muswell Hill, Middlesex, MP. The marriage was childless. She survived him and re-married to Trevor Hill, 1st Viscount Hillsborough (1693-1742).^[1] He died on 4 May 1714, aged 37, when the baronetcy became extinct.

References

^ ^a ^b John Burke, Esq. & John Bernard Burke, Esq. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England. Accessed 30 January 2023.
^ Foster, Joseph. "Dabbe-Dirkin in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 pp. 366-405". British History Online. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "DENTON, Edmund (1676-1714), of Hillesden, Bucks". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
^ Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1904), Complete Baronetage volume 4 (1665-1707), vol. 4, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, retrieved 9 June 2019

Parliament of England
Preceded by Alexander Denton Sir Richard Temple, Bt	Member of Parliament for Buckingham 1698–1707 With: Sir Richard Temple, Bt 1698–1702 Roger Price 1702–1705 Sir Richard Temple, Bt 1705 Browne Willis 1705–1707	Succeeded by Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Parliament of England	Member of Parliament for Buckingham 1707–1708 With: Browne Willis	Succeeded by Sir Richard Temple, Bt Alexander Denton
Preceded by Sir Richard Temple, Bt William Egerton	Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire 1708–1713 With: Richard Hampden 1708–1710 The Viscount Fermanagh 1710–1713	Succeeded by The Viscount Fermanagh John Fleetwood
Baronetage of England
New creation	Baronet (of Hillesdon) 1699–1714	Extinct

[burke-1] John Burke, Esq. & John Bernard Burke, Esq. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England. Accessed 30 January 2023.

[ALUM-2] Foster, Joseph. "Dabbe-Dirkin in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 pp. 366-405". British History Online. Retrieved 9 June 2019.

[HOP-3] "DENTON, Edmund (1676-1714), of Hillesden, Bucks". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 9 June 2019.

[Cokayne4-4] Cokayne, George Edward, ed. (1904), Complete Baronetage volume 4 (1665-1707), vol. 4, Exeter: William Pollard and Co, retrieved 9 June 2019

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