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Thomas Denman
b. 16 Nov 1874, London, England
d. 24 Jun 1954, Hove, Sussex |
| Title: |
Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Commonwealth of Australia |
| Term: |
31 Jul 1911 - 18 May 1914 |
| Chronology: |
22 Mar 1911, appointed by Commission under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet [1] |
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31 Jul 1911, took an oath of allegiance and an oath of office as Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Commonwealth of Australia, public ceremony, Federal Parliament House, Melbourne [2][3] |
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18 May 1914, appointment superseded by the Commission of a successor effective on taking the prescribed oaths (9 Sep 1908) [4][5] |
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Nobility title (succession): Baron Denman, of Dovedale, in the County of Derbyshire (9 Aug 1894) |
| Biography: |
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| Biographical sources: "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" (Oxford University Press, 2004); The Times, No. __, 25 Jun 1954, p. 8 (obituary). |
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| [1] |
Government Gazette, No. 59, 31 Jul 1911, p. 1739. |
| [2] |
Government Gazette, No. 59, 31 Jul 1911, p. 1740. |
| [3] |
The Argus, No. 20,288, 1 Aug 1911, p. 7. |
| [4] |
Government Gazette, No. 27, 22 May 1914, p. 894. |
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