The Denys, later Denys-Burton, later Denys Baronetcy, of

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in the

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, was a title in the

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. It was created on 23 November 1813 for George Denys,

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for

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. The second Baronet was a Deputy Lieutenant for the

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. The third Baronet assumed the additional surname of Burton. The fourth Baronet used the surname Denys only. The title became extinct on his death in 1960.

Peter Denys Peter Denys (1760 – 1816) was a British drawing master, later patron of the arts and landowner. He was the son of the language teacher Peter Denys (sometimes Denyss), who was himself the son of a Swiss emigrant. Denys was High Sheriff of Nor ...

(1760–1816), father of the first Baronet, was

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in 1812.

Denys, later Denys Burton, later Denys baronets, of Stratford Place (1813)

* Sir George William Denys, 1st Baronet (1788–1857) *Sir George William Denys, 2nd Baronet (1811–1881) *Sir Francis Charles Edward Denys-Burton, 3rd Baronet (1849–1922) *Sir Charles Peter Denys, 4th Baronet (1899–1960)

Arms

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