St Botolph, Stoke Albany
HERE REPOSE
THE MORTAL REMAINS
OF
THE GREAT AND GOOD
LORD DENMAN
AGED 75.
HE BY THE AID OF HIS BROTHER
JUDGES GAVE TWO EXTRA
YEARS OF SITTINGS BETWEEN
1838 & 1850 BY WHICH
MEASURE EXTENDED TO OTHER
COURTS DELAYS WERE
MADE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE
IN ALL OUR COURTS
OF COMMON LAW.
HE LEAVES 48
LINEAL DESCENDANTS.
HE WAS A FIRM
BUT HUMBLE BELIEVER
IN CHRIST
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- Thomas Denman
born c. 1779, died 26 Sep 1854, aged 75y
There is no date or Christian name on the monument, but the National Burial Index shows
Thomas Denman was buried 30th September 1854, aged 75.
Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman PC KC (23 July 1779 – 26 September 1854) was a British lawyer,
judge and politician. He served as Lord Chief Justice between 1832 and 1850. [Wikipedia]
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