Sir Cecil Denny, 6th Baronet

Sir Cecil Edward Denny, 6th Baronet (14 December 1850 – 24 August 1928), was an Anglo-Irish baronet born in Hampshire, England. He moved to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and worked as a police officer, Indian agent, and author.[1]

The younger son of the Rev. Day Denny, vicar of Shedfield, by his second wife Frances Waller, he was educated at Cheltenham College and in France and Germany. Denny was a founding member of the North-West Mounted Police of which he became inspector. He was later a police magistrate and a commissioner-in-charge to a number of native tribes. In his later career he was keeper of records and archivist for the Government of Alberta.[2]

In 1921 he succeeded his step brother, Sir Robert Denny, to become 6th Baronet of Castle Moyle.[2]

He died, unmarried, in 1928 and was buried in Union Cemetery, Calgary.[3]

Arms

Coat of arms of Sir Cecil Denny, 6th Baronet
Notes
Confirmed by William Hawkins, Ulster King of Arms, 10 January 1782.[4]
Crest
A cubit arm vested Azure turned up Argent holding in the hand Proper five ears of wheat Or.
Escutcheon
Gules a saltire Argent between twelve cross crosslets Or.
Motto
Et mea Messis Erit

References

  1. ^ McCullough, A.B. "Sir Cecil Edward Denny". thecanadianencyclopedia.ca.
  2. ^ a b "Irish Baronet's Death". Londonderry Sentinel. 28 July 1928. p. 8.
  3. ^ "Denny, Cecil Edward (Capt)(Sir)(BT)". Alberta Ancestors. Alberta Family Histories Society. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Grants and Confirmations of Arms, Vol. A". National Library of Ireland. p. 51. Retrieved 22 March 2023.


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