Baron Londesborough

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Baron Londesborough
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  • Arms: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Ermine a Bend Azure cotised Sable between an Unicorn's Head erased in chief Argent and a Cross Crosslet fitche in base Gules (Denison); 2nd and 3rd, Argent a Shake-Fork between three Mullets one and two Sable (Conyngham).
  • Crests: 1st: issuant from Clouds a Dexter Arm in bend proper vested Gules cuffed Ermine and charged with a Covered Cup Or pointing with the forefinger to an Estoile radiated Gold (Denison); 2nd: An Unicorn's Head erased Argent armed and maned Or (Conyngham).
  • Supporters: Dexter: a Horse Argent maned unguled and charged on the shoulder with an Eagle displayed Or, with a Crescent Sable for difference; Sinister: a Stag Argent attired unguled and charged on the shoulder with a Griffin's Head erased Or, with a Crescent Sable for difference
Creation date4 March 1850
Created by Queen Victoria
Peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder Albert Denison Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough
Present holder Richard John Denison, 9th Baron Londesborough
Heir apparentthe Hon. James Frederick Denison
StatusExtant
MottoADVERSA VIRTUTE REPELLO
(I repel adversity with courage)
William Denison, 1st Earl of Londesborough William Denison, 1st Earl of Londesborough.jpg
William Denison, 1st Earl of Londesborough

Baron Londesborough, of Londesborough in the East Riding of the County of York, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1850 for the diplomat and Whig politician Lord Albert Denison. He was the third son of Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham, and his wife Elizabeth Denison. Born Albert Denison Conyngham, he assumed by royal licence the surname of Denison in lieu of Conyngham in 1849 on inheriting the vast fortune of his maternal uncle William Joseph Denison (1770–1849). Before his elevation to the peerage, Denison had represented Canterbury in Parliament. His eldest son, the second Baron, sat as a Liberal Member of Parliament for Beverley and Scarborough. In 1887 he was created Viscount Raincliffe, of Raincliffe in the North Riding of the County of York, and Earl of Londesborough, in the County of York. These titles were also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. However, the viscountcy and the earldom became extinct on the death of his grandson, the fourth Earl, in 1937.

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The barony was inherited by the late Earl's second cousin once removed, the sixth Baron. He was the son of Rear-Admiral the Hon. Albert Denison, second son of the first Baron. On his death this line of the family failed, and the title passed to his first cousin, the seventh Baron. He was the only son of Commander the Hon. Conyngham Albert Denison, fourth son of the first Baron. When he died this line of the family also failed. He was succeeded by his first cousin, the eighth Baron. He was the only son of the Hon. Harold Albert Denison, fifth son of the first Baron. As of 2013, the title is held by his only son, the ninth Baron, who succeeded in 1968. As a male-line descendant of the first Marquess Conyngham, he is also in remainder to this peerage and its subsidiary titles.

Baron Londesborough (1850)

Earl of Londesborough (1887)

Baron Londesborough (1850; reverted)

The heir apparent and sole heir to the barony is the present holder's only son, Hon. James Frederick Denison (born 1990).

Title succession chart

Title succession chart, Barons Londesborough, Viscounts Raincliffe, and Earls of Londesborough.
Albert Denison
1st Baron Londesborough

1805–1860
Viscount Raincliffe
Earl of Londesborough
William Denison
1st Earl of Londesborough

1834–1900
Rear Adm. Hon.
Albert Denison
1835–1903
Capt. Hon.
Henry Denison
1849–1936
Cdr. Hon.
Conyngham Denison
1851–1938
Hon.
Harold Denison
1856–1948
William Denison
2nd Earl of Londesborough

1864–1917
Ernest Denison
6th Baron Londesborough

1876–1963
Capt.
Edward Denison
1888–1960
Conyngham Denison
7th Baron Londesborough

1885–1967
Lt.
Gerald Denison
1892–1915
John Denison
8th Baron Londesborough

1901–1968
George Denison
3rd Earl of Londesborough

1892–1920
Hugo Denison
4th Earl of Londesborough

1894–1937
Lt.
Philip Denison
1919–1945
Richard Denison
9th Baron Londesborough

born 1959
Viscounty and
earldom extinct
Hon.
James Denison
born 1990

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