- Baron Pender
Baron Pender, of Porthcurnow in the County of Cornwall, is a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom . It was created in 1937 for John Denison-Pender, a former ConservativeMember of Parliament for Newmarket and Balham and Tooting. He was the grandson of the businessman Sir John Pender, founder of a number of telegraph companies which later became part ofCable & Wireless . As of 2007 the title is held by the first Baron's grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 1965.Porthcurnow (or Porthcurno) inCornwall was the landing site of several international telecommunication cables.Sir James Pender, 1st Baronet , was the uncle of the first Baron Pender.Barons Pender (1937)
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John Cuthbert Denison Denison-Pender, 1st Baron Pender (1882-1949)
*John Jocelyn Denison-Pender, 2nd Baron Pender (1907-1965)
*John Willoughby Denison-Pender, 3rd Baron Pender (b. 1933)ee also
*Pender Baronets, of Thornby Hall
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]
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