The Le Marchant Baronetcy, of Chobham Place in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 14 October 1841 for the civil servant and Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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 politician Denis Le Marchant

Sir Denis Le Marchant, 1st Baronet

Sir Denis Le Marchant, 1st Baronet , was a British barrister, civil servant, writer and Whig politician.-Background and education:...

. He was Secretary to the Board of Trade

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 from 1836 to 1841, Member of Parliament

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 for Worcester

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 from 1846 to 1847, Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department

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-Non-permanent and parliamentary under-secretaries, 1782-present:*April 1782: Evan Nepean*April 1782: Thomas Orde*July 1782: Henry Strachey*April 1783: George North*February 1784: Hon. John Townshend*June 1789: Scrope Bernard*July 1794: The Hon...

 from 1847 to 1848 and Chief Clerk of the House of Commons

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 from 1850 to 1871. Le Marchant was the second son of Major-General John Le Marchant, who was killed at the Battle of Salamanca

Battle of Salamanca

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 in 1812, and the elder brother of the colonial administrator Sir John Le Marchant. The fourth Baronet was a Brigadier-General in the Army. The fifth Baronet served as High Sheriff

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 of Lincolnshire

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 from 1958 to 1959.

The Le Marchants are an ancient Guernsey

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 family and are descended from Peter Le Marchant, who served as Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey in the 13th century.

Le Marchant Baronets, of Chobham Place (1841)

• Sir Denis Le Marchant, 1st Baronet
  Sir Denis Le Marchant, 1st Baronet
  Sir Denis Le Marchant, 1st Baronet , was a British barrister, civil servant, writer and Whig politician.-Background and education:...
  
  (1795-1874)
• Sir Henry Denis Le Marchant, 2nd Baronet (1839-1915)
• Sir Denis Le Marchant, 3rd Baronet (1870-1922)
• Sir Edward Thomas Le Marchant, 4th Baronet (1871-1953)
• Sir Denis Le Marchant, 5th Baronet (1906-1987)
• Sir Francis Arthur Le Marchant, 6th Baronet (b. 1939)