Background
Denison-Pender was the son of Sir John Denison-Pender and his wife Beatrice Katherine (née Ellison).
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John Cuthbert
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Education
He was educated at Hazelwood School in Limpsfield, Surrey, until the spring of 1896 when he went to Eton College, leaving in 1899.
Career
He retired from politics in 1922. In 1925 he was vice-chairman and joint managing director of Cable & Wireless Limited., and governor of Cable & Wireless Holdings 1929-1945. In the years 1925-1940 he was a director of P&O, British-India Steam Navigation Company, National Provincial Bank, Eastman Kodak and Northern Assurance.
On leaving school he joined the Eastern Telegraph Company passing through several of their branches including cable laying.
On a few occasions he played for Balham Football Club, though as an "unregistered" player. Denison-Pender also served in France and Belgium in the First World War as an Army captain and Aide-de-camp to Major-General Honorary West. Lambton (sixth son of the second Earl of Durham), who became G.O.C. in 1916 of the 4th Infantry Division at the Battle of the Somme.
During these years and in his political career he was known as "Captain Jack". As an Member of Parliament he was recalled to London in 1916, to help run the Government"s legislative programme from the War Office.
In 1934 he was appointed honorary colonel of the Territorial Army City of London Signals.
In 1937 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Pender of Porthcurnow (Porthcurno) in the County of Cornwall. Denison-Pender married Irene, daughter of Sir Ernest de la Rue Knight Commander of the Royal Vicrorian Order, in 1906. She died in 1943. Denison-Pender survived her by six years and died in December 1949, aged 67.
Membership
30th United Kingdom Parliament. 31st United Kingdom Parliament]
He was a member of the London County Council for South Street Pancras between 1910 and 1919 and sat as Member of Parliament for Newmarket from 1913 to 1918 and for Balham and Tooting as a Coalition Conservative supporting the Coalition Government from 1918-1922.
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Nationality
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Political Party
Conservative