Charles Denman, 5th Baron Denman
{{Short description|British Baron and businessman (1916–2012)}}
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| honorific_prefix = The Right Honourable
| name = The Lord Denman
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| office = Member of the House of Lords
| status = Lord Temporal
| term_label = as a hereditary peer
| term_start = 20 March 1971
| predecessor = The 4th Baron Denman
| term_end = 11 November 1999
| successor = Seat abolished{{thin space|{{efn|Pursuant to the House of Lords Act 1999.}}}}
| birth_name = Charles Spencer Denman
| birth_date = 7 July 1916
| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|11|21|1916|7|7|df=y}}
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| data1 = 2nd Baronet (of Staffield)
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Charles Spencer Denman, 5th Baron Denman (7 July 1916 – 21 November 2012), was a British businessman. His interest in the Middle East, formed during the Second World War, was the focus for most of his business endeavours.
Early life
Denman was born on 7 July 1916 in Penrith, Cumberland.{{cite news |last=Keleny |first=Anne |title=Lord Denman: Businessman and philanthropist |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lord-denman-businessman-and-philanthropist-8399596.html |access-date=16 March 2013 |newspaper=The Independent |date=11 December 2012}} He was the eldest son of Sir Richard Denman, 1st Baronet, who sat as Liberal Member of Parliament for Carlisle and then as Labour MP for Leeds.{{cite news |title=Lord Denman |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/finance-obituaries/9825159/Lord-Denman.html |access-date=16 March 2013 |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=24 January 2013}} He was educated at Shrewsbury School. He left school at 16 with no qualifications.
Following school, he began working as a gardener in Luton Hoo and then in St Mawes, Cornwall. He then set up a market garden at Mylor, Cornwall.{{cite news |title=Lord Denman |url=https://www.thetimes.com/comment/register/article/lord-denman-6dsqh9p2z7j |access-date=17 June 2013 |newspaper=The Times |date=19 December 2012}}
Later life
He was chair of the Saudi-British Society for many years and a supporter of Medical Aid for Palestinians.{{cite web |title=2013 Winners |url=https://saudibritishsociety.org.uk/rha/2013-winners/ |website=Saudi-British Society |access-date=8 November 2023}}
Denman died in Highden, West Sussex, aged 96 on 21 November 2012.{{cite web |title=PAST NEWS - 21st November 2012 |url=http://www.saudibritishsociety.org.uk/main/archive.html |publisher=The Saudi-British Society |access-date=17 June 2013}}
Honours and decorations
Denman succeeded to the baronetcy in 1957 on the death of his father and to the barony on the death of his first cousin in 1971.
He was awarded the Military Cross (MC) on 13 August 1942 'in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in the Middle East'.{{London Gazette |issue=35665 |date=13 August 1942 |pages=3543–3544 }}
He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the New Year Honours of 1976.{{London Gazette |issue=46777 |date=1 January 1976 |page=8 |supp=y}} He was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Order of Francis I in 2004.
{{Emblem table
|image = Coat of arms of Baron Denman.svg
|escutcheon = Argent on a chevron between three lions' heads erased Gules as many ermine spots Or.
|crest = A raven rising Proper in the beak an annulet Or.
|supporters = On either side a lion Gules charged on the body with five ermine spots in cross Or.
|motto = Prudentia Et Constantia {{cite book |title=Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage |date=2000}}}}
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References
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External links
- [https://www.thetimes.com/comment/register/article/lord-denman-6dsqh9p2z7j?region=global Obituary - The Times]
- [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/finance-obituaries/9825159/Lord-Denman.html Obituary - The Telegraph]
- [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lord-denman-businessman-and-philanthropist-8399596.html Obituary - The Independent]
- [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U13482 DENMAN, 5th Baron, (Charles Spencer Denman)], Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2012.
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Category:British businesspeople
Category:People from Penrith, Cumbria
Category:Recipients of the Military Cross
Category:People educated at Shrewsbury School
Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry officers
Category:British Army personnel of World War II