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George Denison Faber, 1st Baron Wittenham, CB, DL (14 December 1852 – 1 February 1931), known as Denison Faber, was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.


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
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. He was the brother of
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, and of Mrs Edward Kennard (1850–1936), a novelist. He was educated at the University of Oxford, 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 Member of Parliament (MP) for York in a by-election 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 Clapham from
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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, of Netherby in Cumberland, and granddaughter of the
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. The marriage was childless. He purchased Howbery Park, 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 Brompton Cemetery 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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