George Denison Faber, 1st Baron Wittenham, CB, DL (14 December 1852 – 1 February 1931), known as Denison Faber, was a

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politician in the

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Background and early life

Faber was the second surviving son of Charles Wilson Faber (1813–1878) a director of the Great Northern Railway and the nephew of Lord Grimthorpe. He was the brother of

Edmund Faber, 1st Baron Faber Edmund Beckett Faber, 1st Baron Faber (9 February 1847 – 17 September 1920) was a British Conservative politician. Background Faber was the eldest son of Charles Wilson Faber, of Northaw, a Deputy Lieutenant of Hertfordshire and Mary Beckett, ...

, and of Mrs Edward Kennard (1850–1936), a novelist. He was educated at the

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, where he graduated BA, and in 1879 was

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. From 1887 to 1896 he acted as Registrar of the

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Political career

Faber was elected a

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(MP) for

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in a

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on 6 February 1900, following the resignation of

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. He served until January 1910, when he lost his seat, and was again elected for

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from 1910 to

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. He was appointed a

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in 1905. On 29 June 1918, he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Wittenham, of Wallingford in the County of Berkshire.

Personal life

Faber married, in 1895, Hilda Georgina Graham, youngest daughter of

Sir Frederick Graham, 3rd Baronet Sir Frederick Ulric Graham, 3rd Baronet DL JP (2 April 1820 – 8 March 1888) was a British landowner, diplomat and traveller. Early life The descendant of an old Cumbrian family, Frederick Ulric was born on 2 April 1820. He was the eldest son ...

, of Netherby in Cumberland, and granddaughter of the 12th Duke of Somerset. The marriage was childless. He purchased

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, a mid-19th century house near Wallingford. He died on 1 February 1931, aged 78, when the barony became extinct. He is buried with his brother Edmund in

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in London. The monument is currently (2014) concealed behind shrubbery on the east side of the main entrance path from the north but has had a low tunnel created through which it may be viewed.

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