OSSINGTON, JOHN EVELYN DENISON, VISCOUNT (18001873)

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OSSINGTON, JOHN EVELYN DENISON, VISCOUNT (18001873) , English statesman, was the eldest son of. John Denison (d. 182o) of Ossington,

Nottinghamshire

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, or NOTTS

, where he was born op. the 27th of January 1800. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, he became member of

parliament

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

for Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1823, being returned for Hastings three years later, and holding for a short time a subordinate position in Canning's ministry. Defeated in 1830 both at Newcastle-under-Lyme and then at Liverpool, Denison secured a seat as one of the members for

Nottinghamshire

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, or NOTTS

in 1831; and after the

great

GREAT

Reform Act he represented the southern division of that county from 1832 until the general election of 1837. He represented Malton from 1841 to 185.7, and North Nottinghamshire from 1857 to 1872. In April 1857 Denison was chosen Speaker of the

House

HOUSE
HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in
Gothic
- GOTHIC
it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

of Commons. Re-elected at the beginning of three successive parliaments he retained this position until February 1872, when he resigned and was created Viscount Ossington. He refused, however, to accept the pension usually given to retiring Speakers. In 1827 he had married Charlotte (d. 1889), daughter of William, 4th duke of

Portland

PORTLAND
PORTLAND, EARL OF
PORTLAND, ISLE OF
PORTLAND, WILLIAM BENTINCK, EARL
PORTLAND, WILLIAM
HENRY
- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G.
  heim
  - HEIM, ALBERT VON ST GALLEN (1849- )
  - HEIM, FRANCOIS JOSEPH (1787-1865)
  , the Eng.
  home
  - HOME
  - HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
  - HOME, EARLS OF
  , and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
CAVENDISH BENTINCK

, but he left no children. He died on the 7th of March 1873, and his title became

extinct

EXTINCT

.

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