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OSSINGTON, See also:JOHN See also:EVELYN See also:DENISON, See also:VISCOUNT (1800–1873) , See also:English statesman, was the eldest son of. John Denison (d. 182o) of Ossington, See also:Nottinghamshire, where he was See also:born op. the 27th of See also:January 1800. Educated at See also:Eton and See also:Christ See also:Church, See also:Oxford, he became member of See also:parliament for See also:Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1823, being returned for See also:Hastings three years later, and holding for a See also:short See also:time a subordinate position in See also:Canning's See also:ministry. Defeated in 1830 both at Newcastle-under-Lyme and then at See also:Liverpool, Denison secured a seat as one of the members for Nottinghamshire in 1831; and after the See also:great Reform See also:Act he represented the See also:southern See also:division of that See also:county from 1832 until the See also:general See also:election of 1837. He represented See also:Malton from 1841 to 185.7, and See also:North Nottinghamshire from 1857 to 1872. In See also:April 1857 Denison was chosen See also:Speaker of the See also:House of See also:Commons. Re-elected at the beginning of three successive parliaments he retained this position until See also:February 1872, when he resigned and was created Viscount Ossington. He refused, however, to accept the See also:pension usually given to retiring Speakers. In 1827 he had married See also:Charlotte (d. 1889), daughter of See also:William, 4th See also:duke of See also:Portland, but he See also:left no See also:children. He died on the 7th of See also:March 1873, and his See also:title became See also:extinct.

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