Sir John Denison Denison-Pender (born John Denison Pender; 10 October 1855 – 6 March 1929) was chairman and managing director of the Eastern Telegraph Company (later absorbed by Cable & Wireless).
The technological advances with electro-magnetic waves, that had no need for cables, that Marconi was to instigate would change the entire communications industry forever.
In 1934, Imperial and International Communications, formerly the Eastern Telegraph Company, became Cable & Wireless.
The new name was designed to more clearly reflect the combined radio and cable services which it offered, without reference to the Empire.
In the 1920 civilian war honours he was appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) for similar services during the First World War,[1] in which his company was not only responsible for the majority of Britain's submarine telegraph cables, but also successfully cut off Germany's communications with the rest of the world.