Peter Denys

Peter Denys DL (1760 – 1816) was a British drawing master, later patron of the arts and landowner.

Arms of Peter Denys: Argent, a cross patoncée gules between four fleurs-de-lis vert on a chief azure a greyhound courant of the field[1]
Hatchment of Peter Denys in Easton Neston Church; arms: Denys impaling Fermor

He was the son of the language teacher Peter Denys (sometimes Denyss), who was himself the son of a Swiss emigrant.[2]

Denys was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1812.

Denys married his pupil, Lady Charlotte Fermor (1766–1835), daughter of George Fermor, 2nd Earl of Pomfret.[2] With her income of £4,000 a year, he bought Sloane Place in London, and Fremington, Yorkshire.[2]

Their son was the politician, Sir George Denys, 1st Baronet (1788–1857).

References
  1. Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p. 280; as seen on his hatchment in Easton Neston Church
  2. Neil Jeffares. "Dictionary of the pastellists before 1800" (PDF). Pastellists.com. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
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