Alfred Arthur Hinchcliffe Denville (27 January 1876 – 23 March 1955) was an English actor, theatre impresario and Conservative Party politician. Denville, an actor by trade, ran one of the UK's leading repertory companies. In 1924 Denville founded Denville Hall, a retirement home for actors in Northwood, London that is still in operation. As a politician Denville was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne Central seat from

Sir Charles Trevelyan Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan, 1st Baronet, (2 April 1807 – 19 June 1886) was a British civil servant and colonial administrator. As a young man, he worked with the colonial government in Calcutta, India. He returned to Britain and took ...

in the 1931 general election and held the seat until he was defeated in 1945. For a time he was associated with the

far right Far-right politics, also referred to as the extreme right or right-wing extremism, are political beliefs and actions further to the right of the left–right political spectrum than the standard political right, particularly in terms of being ...

of the Conservative Party, and during the 1930s was a leading member of the Friends of National Spain, which stressed support for

Francisco Franco Francisco Franco Bahamonde (; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who led the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War ...

and anti-communism. He had also declared himself to be an admirer of

Benito Mussolini Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (; 29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party. He was Prime Minister of Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his deposition in 194 ...

although, in keeping with a number of contemporary Tories who admired the southern European fascists, he was critical of Adolf Hitler.Richard Griffiths, ''Fellow Travellers on the Right'', Oxford University Press, 1983, p. 263

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1876 births 1955 deaths English male stage actors Impresarios Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1870s-stub