Evelyn Denison, 1st Viscount Ossington
John Evelyn Denison, 1st Viscount Ossington (* January 27, 1800 in Nottinghamshire, † March 7, 1873 ) was a British politician of the Liberal Party and Speaker of the House (House of Commons ).
Studies and family
The son of the House of Representatives John Denison, after obtaining his education at Eton College to study at Christ Church (Oxford).
In 1827 he married the daughter of the then Lord Privy Seal and Minister without Portfolio William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland.
Political career
Member of Parliament
His political career began in 1823 with the election of deputies of the lower house (House of Commons ). There he represented until 1826, the interests of the Whig of the constituency of Newcastle-under - Lyme. In 1826 he was elected MP for the constituency of Hastings. In 1830 he ran unsuccessfully in the constituencies Newcastle-under -Lyme and Liverpool. 1831, however, he succeeded in re-election as MP for the constituency of Nottinghamshire. After the election district reform, the Reform Act in 1832, he was elected as MP for the constituency of South Nottinghamshire in the House of Commons. In the general election of 1837, however, he lost his seat in 1841, he managed the re-entry into the House of Commons, where he Malton constituency, and then until 1872 the constituency of North Nottinghamshire represented until 1857.
Speaker of Parliament and a member of the Upper House
During the reign of George Canning from 12 April to August 8, 1827, the shortest reign of a British Prime Minister, he held a subordinate position as advisor to the Duke of Clarence, the then Lord High Admiral.
In April 1857, he was surprisingly as the successor of Charles Shaw - Lefevre to the speaker ( Speaker) of the House of Commons appointed. In this office he was re-elected three times before he resigned in February 1872. As a speaker, he represented mainly the positions of traditional landowners and the Church of England. In addition, he was particularly close friend and political ally of three-time Prime Minister Earl of Derby and the multiple Minister George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll. During his tenure, he made a statement on the rating of speaker voices in polls, which was part of the parliamentary law as Speaker Denison 's rule. Successor as House speaker was Henry Brand.
After his resignation as Speaker of Parliament, he was raised traditionally in the hereditary nobility. He bore the title of Viscount Ossington and as such was a member of the Upper House (House of Lords). The proffered usual pension of a lower house speaker but he refused. Because he died childless on 7 March 1873 his peerage became extinct after only thirteen months.
Publication
1899 published posthumously removed from his diary memoir " Notes from my Journal When Speaker of the House of Commons ". His collected writings are in the archive of the University of Nottingham.