In his fourth year, he attended Palgrave Academy in Suffolk, where his education was supervised by Anna Laetitia Barbauld and her husband.

[3] Unfortunately he made a notable gaffe when he compared the Queen to the Biblical woman taken in adultery, who was told to "go away and sin no more".

[4] Two years later he was made Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench and was sworn of the Privy Council two days later.

This is a tribute to his integrity since O'Connell was regarded with aversion by the British ruling class; but Denman, as he made clear, could not accept that he had received a fair trial.

He died at Stoke Albany, Northamptonshire aged 75, and was succeeded in the barony by his oldest son Thomas.

Another son, Joseph, was a Royal Navy officer, while another, George, was an MP and High Court judge.