# Peter Denys

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{{Short description|British drawing master, patron of the arts and landowner}}
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thumb|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''<ref>Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p. 280; as seen on his hatchment in Easton Neston Church</ref>
[[File:St Mary, Easton Neston - Hatchment (geograph 4471198).jpg|thumb|[Hatchment](/source/Funerary_hatchment) of Peter Denys in Easton Neston Church; arms: Denys impaling Fermor]]
'''Peter Denys''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|DL}} (1760 – 1816) was a British drawing master, later patron of the arts and landowner.

He was the son of the language teacher Peter Denys (sometimes Denyss), who was himself the son of a Swiss emigrant.<ref name="pastellists.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.pastellists.com/Articles/Denys.pdf|format=PDF|title=Dictionary of the pastellists before 1800|author=Neil Jeffares|website=Pastellists.com|access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref>

Denys was [High Sheriff of Northamptonshire](/source/High_Sheriff_of_Northamptonshire) in 1812.

Denys married his pupil, Lady Charlotte Fermor (1766–1835), daughter of [George Fermor, 2nd Earl of Pomfret](/source/George_Fermor%2C_2nd_Earl_of_Pomfret).<ref name="pastellists.com"/> With her income of £4,000 a year, he bought [Sloane Place](/source/Sloane_Place) in London, and [Fremington](/source/Fremington%2C_North_Yorkshire), Yorkshire.<ref name="pastellists.com"/>

Their son was the politician, [Sir George Denys, 1st Baronet](/source/Sir_George_Denys%2C_1st_Baronet) (1788–1857).

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