Baron Pender

Baron Pender, of Porthcurnow in the County of Cornwall, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.^[1] It was created in 1937 for the former Conservative Member of Parliament for Newmarket and Balham and Tooting, John Denison-Pender. He was the grandson of the businessman Sir John Pender, founder of a number of telegraph companies, Eastern Telegraph, Eastern and South African Telegraph, Europe and Azores Telegraph Company, Australasia and China Telegraph Company, London Platino-Brazilian Telegraph Company, Pacific and European Telegraph Company which later became Cable & Wireless. As of 2010 the title is held by the first Baron's grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 1965.

Porthcurnow (or Porthcurno) in Cornwall was the landing site of several international telecommunication cables.

The current Lord Pender is patron of the Porthcurno Telegraph Museum.

Sir James Pender, 1st Baronet, was the uncle of the first Baron Pender.

Baron Pender wrote a single word manifesto when asked to explain why he should remain in the house of lords, “duty”.^[2]

Barons Pender (1937)

• 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)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son the Honourable Henry John Richard Denison-Pender (b. 1968).

The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son Miles Denison-Pender (b. 2000)

Notes

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages