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Baron Denham, of Weston Underwood in the County of Buckingham, is a title in thePeerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1937 forSir George Bowyer, 1st Baronet,^[1] aConservative politician who had earlier representedBuckingham in theHouse of Commons.^[2] He had already been created abaronet, of Weston Underwood, in 1933.^[3] Bowyer was a great-great-great-grandson of Sir William Bowyer, 3rd Baronet, of Denham Court, through his fifth son (seetitle succession chart below).

The 1st Baron was succeeded in both titles by his second but only surviving son in 1948, who in 1950 also succeeded a distant relative in the older baronetcy, that of Denham Court. Like his father, the2nd Baron Denham was a Conservative politician; he was one of theninety elected hereditary peers that remained in theHouse of Lords after the passing of theHouse of Lords Act 1999.

As of 2025^[update] the titles are held by his first son, the 3rd Baron, who succeeded in 2021.

TheBowyer baronetcy, of Denham Court in the County of Buckingham, was created in theBaronetage of England in 1660 forWilliam Bowyer. He representedBuckinghamshire in the House of Commons.

His great-great-grandsonSir George Bowyer, third son of the 3rd Baronet, was an Admiral in theRoyal Navy and distinguished himself at the battle of theGlorious First of June in 1794 (in which he lost a leg).^[4] For this he was created abaronet, of Radley in the County of Berkshire, in his own right.^[5] In 1799, he also succeeded his eldest brother, the 4th Baronet, in the baronetcy of Denham Court, thus becoming the 5th and 1st Baronet.

His son, the6th and 2nd Baronet, sat asMember of Parliament forMalmesbury andAbingdon.^[6][7] He was succeeded by his son, the7th and 3rd Baronet, who representedDundalk andCounty Wexford in Parliament as aLiberal. On the death in 1950 of his nephew, the 9th and 5th Baronet, the baronetcy of Radley became extinct. The late Baronet was succeeded in the baronetcy of Denham Court by his distant relative, the aforementioned 2nd Baron Denham, 2nd Baronet, of Weston Underwood, who thus also became the 10th Baronet. The titles remain united.

The family seat is The Laundry Cottage, nearWeston Underwood, Buckinghamshire.

• Sir William Bowyer, 1st Baronet (1612–1679)
• Sir William Bowyer, 2nd Baronet (1639–1722)
• Sir William Bowyer, 3rd Baronet (1710–1767)
• Sir William Bowyer, 4th Baronet (1736–1799)
• Sir George Bowyer, 5th and 1st Baronet (1740–1800, himselfcreated a baronet, of Radley, in 1794)
• Sir George Bowyer, 6th and 2nd Baronet (1783–1860)
• Sir George Bowyer, 7th and 3rd Baronet (1811–1883)
• Sir William Bowyer, 8th and 4th Baronet (1812–1893)
• Sir George Henry Bowyer, 9th and 5th Baronet (1870–1950)

The baronetcy of Radley became extinct with the death of the 9th/5th Baronet.
For further succession in the baronetcy of Denham Court, seeBaron Denham (1937).

• Sir George Bowyer, 5th and 1st Baronet (1740–1800, succeeded in the 1660 baronetcy when his brother died without issue in 1799)
• Sir George Bowyer, 6th and 2nd Baronet (1783–1860)
• Sir George Bowyer, 7th and 3rd Baronet (1811–1883)
• Sir William Bowyer, 8th and 4th Baronet (1812–1893)
• Sir George Henry Bowyer, 9th and 5th Baronet (1870–1950)

Baronetcy extinct.

• Sir George Edward Wentworth Bowyer, 1st Baronet (1886–1948, createdBaron Denham in 1937)

• George Edward Wentworth Bowyer, 1st Baron Denham, 1st Baronet (1886–1948)
• Bertram Stanley Mitford Bowyer, 2nd Baron Denham, 10th and 2nd Baronet (1927–2021)

Inherited the Bowyer baronetcy, of Denham Court, in 1950. Had previously succeeded as baronet, of Weston Underwood, and Baron Denham.

• Richard Grenville George Bowyer, 3rd Baron Denham, 11th and 3rd Baronet (born 1959)

Theheir presumptive is his brother, the Hon. Henry Martin Mitford Bowyer (born 1963).
The heir presumptive'sheir apparent is his only son, Edmund Hunter Mitford Bowyer (born 1997).

There have been two more baronetcies created for the Bowyer family; both are extinct.

• Bowyer baronets of Leighthorne, Sussex (1627)
• Bowyer baronets of Knipersley, Staffordshire (1660)

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors).Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,^{[page needed]}
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages^{[self-published source][better source needed]}

• Catholic Encyclopedia article on the seventh Baronet of Denham Court

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