Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman

The Right Honourable The Lord Denman GCMG, KCVO, PC
Denman c. 1910s
5th Governor-General of Australia
In office 31 July 1911 – 18 May 1914
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	Andrew Fisher Joseph Cook
Preceded by	Lord Dudley
Succeeded by	Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson
Personal details
Born	(1874-11-16)16 November 1874 London, England
Died	24 June 1954(1954-06-24) (aged 79) Hove, Sussex, England
Spouse	Gertrude Pearson ​ ​ (m. 1903; died 1954)​

Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman, GCMG, KCVO, PC (16 November 1874 – 24 June 1954) was a British aristocrat and politician who served as the fifth Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1911 to 1914.

Denman was born into the English nobility, inheriting his title at the age of 19 from a great-uncle. He attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and served in the Second Boer War. Denman sat with the Liberal Party in the House of Lords, and was made a Lord-in-waiting in 1905 and Chief Whip in 1907. He was appointed to the governor-generalship at the age of 36, and remains the youngest person to have held the position. Denman and his young family were immensely popular with the general public, and he enjoyed friendly relations with Prime Minister Andrew Fisher, with whom he shared many similar political opinions. However, he suffered from ill health and returned to England after less than three years as governor-general. Denman never again held public office, but remained active in the House of Lords and briefly commanded a unit in the First World War.