He was educated at Buckingham in 1694 and matriculated at St Edmund Hall, Oxford in 1697.

[1] His father, Alexander Denton, was also a Member of Parliament (MP) representing Buckingham, from 1690 to 1698.

[2] Denton was returned as Member of Parliament (MP) for Buckingham at the 1708 general election.

He became a Bencher of Middle Temple in 1720 and in 1722 after being returned as MP again he gave up his seat in Parliament on being appointed Justice of the Common Pleas and remained as such until his death.

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