Edmund
Denison, the son of Lord
Grimthorpe was born at Carlton Hall, near Newark in 1816. After being
educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, he became a lawyer.
In 1845 Denison was appointed parliamentary counsel for the Great
Northern Railway (GNR). Denison's family were closely associated
with the GNR. He father, Lord
Grimthorpe, was chairman (1847-64), and his brothers, Christopher
and William, were both directors of the company.
As parliamentary counsel, Edmund Denison was also involved in promoting
the line that linked the Great Northern Railway
with the Liverpool & Manchester Railway
in 1865 and the GNR's Derbyshire & Staffordshire Bill in 1872.
Denison took a keen interest in architecture and was involved in the
restoration of St Albans Abbey and the designing of a new casement
for Big Ben. Edmund Denison, who inherited his father's title in 1886,
died in 1905.
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