Cedric Bryce Denman was born in Pembroke on August 29, 1914, the youngest of seven children, to John William and Edith Bethley Denman. The family resided at King Street, Hamilton in the building now occupied by Mayne?s Furniture Store.

Cedric received his education at Saltus Grammar School from whence he graduated in 1929, having attained the Cambridge School Leaving Certificate.

He first employment was with the General Post Office in Hamilton in 1930 where he held several positions, including that of courier for the delivery of diplomatic mail to and from the United States during the Second World War.

While working at the post office, Cedric took advantage of the opportunity to broaden his knowledge of geography by learning all that he could about the location of the various countries and peoples from which mail originated.

In his spare time he became a keen stamp collector, and this was the first of many hobbies he cultivated during his long life. He also enjoyed photography, and created a small ?dark room? at the family home where he developed the negatives of the photographs he had taken.

In his younger days, like most Bermudians, he enjoyed swimming, and could often be seen on a Thursday afternoon or Sunday with his close friends at Grape Bay in Paget.

He also enjoyed water polo, and participated in the tournaments held at the Langton Hotel (now The Hamiltonian Hotel and Island Club) swimming pool in the 1940?s.

In later years he became a numismatic. He also developed an interest in woodworking. He purchased a table saw and lathe from which he created a number of beautiful table lamps made of cedar and, in some cases, cedar and Pride of India woods combined.

In 1932 Cedric enlisted in the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps, serving until his discharge in 1936. At the outbreak of the Second World War he enlisted in the Home Guard, and in 1940 was commissioned a Lieutenant, a rank which he held until the War ended in 1945.

During this period he met the girl whom he was to marry. Beatrice Eaton was born in The Argentine where she received her early education. Later her family moved to England where she received her further education, first in northern Wales, and then in Paris and Italy.

Bea arrived in Bermuda shortly after the outbreak of the War as a member of The Imperial Censorship. When Cedric met her it was ?love at first sight?, and they were married on September 24, 1942.

During his spare time Cedric studied accountancy. When he left the post office in 1947 he was offered a position with commission agents Johnson & Cooper, Ltd. where he became the firm?s accountant until 1970 when the business was sold.

He then joined The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son, Ltd., working there until 1987, the year in which his beloved wife died.

After Bea passed away, Cedric continued living at their home ?Lomas? in Tamarind Vale, Warwick. Her death took a heavy toll on him.

His vision deteriorated and ultimately he had to go to Boston for a corneal transplant. Fortunately, one of his nephews, T.A. Hollis, was twice able to accompany him there and back.

Cedric always had a dry sense of humour which sometimes led to mischievous acts, particularly in his pre-married days. To some he resembled Groucho Marx, a well known comedian in the forties and fifties.

Like Groucho, he had a moustache, frequently smoked a cigar, and was adept at ?bobbing? the eyebrows as Groucho was famous for. He was good at composing poems, often of a satirical nature, and was a frequent contributor to the ?Letters to The Editor? column of .

One of the traits he was well known for was his attire, particularly in summer. He loved bright colours, and would often be seen about town in colourful shorts and socks which his wife enjoyed knitting for him.

Throughout his life Cedric maintained a strong desire to learn. Among his many interests regarding both local and World events, was his compelling desire to trace his roots.

In 1950 he and his wife travelled to Brighton, Sussex in England where he met one of his father?s relatives. That initial visit, which resulted in their corresponding for the next fifty years, enabled him to trace his paternal ancestry back to 1665.

He also researched his mother?s side of the family, and took pride in the fact that his grandfather was the first Superintendent of Police in Bermuda in 1879.

In his latter days, Cedric was a faithful contributor to many local charitable organisations to which his late wife had belonged, including those which came to be of a personal inspiration to him, particularly at the time of his failing health.

It would be remiss not to include St. Andrew?s Presbyterian Church, of which he was a life member.

At his life?s end Cedric was still able to recall names and events from the distant past. He possessed an amazing memory, a wealth of knowledge, and was, in a sense, a true historian.

On August 11, 2005 he quietly passed away at Westmeath Nursing home to which he had gone from Agape House the week before.

As he was the last of the Denmans in Bermuda, it would be appropriate to characterise his life with the quote from the Denman family motto ?PRUDENTIA et CONSTANTIA?.