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Ernest Debenham
Born
Ernest Ridley Debenham

(1865-05-26)26 May 1865
Wigmore Street, Marylebone, England
Died25 December 1952(1952-12-25) (aged 87)
Moor Lane House, Briantspuddle, England
Occupations
  • Businessman
  • Dairy farmer
Years active1892–1927
EmployerDebenhams Ltd
OrganizationDebenhams
Known for
  • Debenhams Ltd
  • Baronet
TitleChair of Debenhams Ltd
Term1892–1927 (retirement)
PredecessorWilliam Debenham Jnr
SuccessorSir Piers Debenham
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Cicely Kenrick
(m. 1892⁠–⁠1950)
Children8 (including the artist Alison)
RelativesWilliam Debenham (grandfather)
Sir Piers Debenham
William Kenrick (father-in-law)

Sir Ernest Ridley Debenham, 1st Baronet (26 May 1865 – 25 December 1952), was an English businessman.[1] He was responsible for the considerable expansion of the family's retail and wholesale drapery firm between 1892 and 1927.

  1. ^ "Obituary: Sir E. R. Debenham". The Times. 29 December 1952. p. 8.

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