Baron Pender

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Baron Pender, of Porthcurnow in the County of Cornwall, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1937 for the Captain John Denison-Pender, a former Conservative Member of Parliament. He was the grandson of the businessman Sir John Pender, founder of a number of telegraph companies which later became part of Cable & Wireless.

Porthcurnow (or Porthcurno) in Cornwall was the landing site of several international telecommunication cables.

Barons Pender (1937)

• John Cuthbert Denison Denison-Pender, 1st Baron Pender (1882-1949)
• John Jocelyn Denison-Pender, 2nd Baron Pender (1907-1965)
• John Willoughby Denison-Pender, 3rd Baron Pender (b. 1933)