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Thomas Denman (1874–1954)
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...