Lady Theodosia Anne Denman

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About Lady Theodosia Anne Denman

Memoir of Thomas, First Lord Denman Formerly Lord Chief Justice of England - Volume 1, by Sir Joseph Arnould (1873)

The Court Magazine and Belle Assemblée - Volume 9 (1836), p.132-4

GENEALOGICAL MEMOIR OF LADY DENMAN

LADY DENMAN is the eldest daughter of the Rev. Richard Vevers, and wife of THOMAS, Lord DENMAN, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench. The family of Denman was seated, at a remote period, in the county of Nottingham.

THOMAS DENMAN, Esq., of Bevercoats, in the parish of West Markham, in the county of Nottingham, left a son, John DENMAN, Esq., of Bakewell, in the county of Derby, who married Miss Elizabeth Buxton, and died in 1762, leaving issue,

  • Joseph, M.D. of Bakewell, for many years Justice of the Peace for Derbyshire: he married Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of Richard Finney, Esq., but died without issue, 21st July 1812.
  • Thomas

The second son, Thomas DENMAN, was one of the most celebrated physicians of his time. His life, like that of his still more conspicuous son, affords a fine example of the success that attends genius combined with patience and perseverance. He was born at Bakewell, in Derbyshire , in 1733, where his father was engaged in the medical profession. After his father's death, in 1752, he was for some time assistant to his elder brother, who was also a physician. When about twenty-one years of age, he went to London...He had married, in 1770, Elizabeth, daughter of Alexander Brodie, Esq., and sister of the eminent surgeon, Sir Benjamin Brodie, Bart., by whom (who died 19th Jan . 1833,) he left issue:

  • Thomas
  • Margaret, married to Sir Richard Croft, M.D.
  • Sophia, married to Matthew Baillie, M.D., Physician to the King, and brother of Miss Joanna Baillie, the celebrated tragic writer.

Dr. Denman's only son, Thomas, the present Lord Denman, was born 23rd Feb. 1779...and on 23rd March, 1834, was created Baron DENMAN, of Dovedale, in the county of Derby. Lord Denman married, 18th Oct. 1804, THEODOSIA ANNE, eldest daughter of the Rev. Richard Vevers, the lady whose portrait forms this month's illustration, by whom he has issue:

  • Thomas, born 30th July 1805, who married, 12th August 1829, Georgiana, eldest surviving daughter of the late Rev. Thomas Roe.
  • Joseph, a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, born 23rd June 1810.
  • Richard, born 13th Jan. 1814.
  • George, born 23rd Dec. 1819.
  • Lewis William, born 23rd March, 1821.
  • Theodosia, married to Charles Wright, Esq., of Bramcott, in the county of Nottingham.
  • Elizabeth
  • Frances
  • Margaret
  • Anne
  • Caroline Amelia
  • Updated from MyHeritage Match via daughter Caroline Amelia Beresford (born Denman) by SmartCopy: Sep 18 2014, 19:54:35 UTC
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Lady Theodosia Anne Denman's Timeline

1779
November 21, 1779
1805
July 30, 1805
Bloomsbury, Middlesex, England
1806
September 16, 1806
Saxby, Leicestershire
1810
June 23, 1810
1812
September 17, 1812
1814
June 13, 1814
uk
1815
August 8, 1815
London, Middlesex, England (United Kingdom)
1819
December 23, 1819
1821
March 23, 1821