Thomas Denman (1874 - 1954)

Born 16 Nov 1874 in London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

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Died 24 Jun 1954 at age 79 in Hove, Sussex, England, United Kingdom

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Preceded by The Right Hon. William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, GCB GCMG GCVO TD PC

5th Governor-General of Australia 18 May 1914 - 6 October 1920

Succeeded by The Right Hon. Sir Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson, GCMG PC DL

Biography

Thomas Denman is Notable.

Thomas Denman (1874-1954), governor-general, was born on 16 November 1874 in London, son of Richard Denman, assistant clerk of assize, and his wife Helen Mary, née McMicking. Educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he succeeded his great-uncle as baron in 1894. A lieutenant in the Royal Scots, he served in the South African War in 1901 in the Middlesex Squadron of the Imperial Yeomanry, and was wounded.

On 26 November 1903 in London he married Gertrude Mary (born 7 November 1884), daughter of Sir Weetman Pearson (1st Viscount Cowdray).

His wife's death on 2 June 1954 was followed on 24 June, at Hove, Sussex, by Lord Denman's. He was survived by a son and daughter.

Sources

• Chris Cunneen, 'Denman, Thomas (1874–1954)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/denman-thomas-5956/text10161, published first in hardcopy 1981, accessed online 17 August 2017.