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Gertrude Mary Denman, Baroness Denman GBE (née Pearson; 7 November 1884 – 2 June 1954) was a British woman active in women's rights issues including the promotion of Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom.
Also known as: Baroness Denman, Gertrude Pearson. Today’s Pioneering Women of Sussex blog is written by Museum Assistant Lisa Hinkins. Lisa celebrates the incredible Lady Denman, director of the Women’s Land Army during the Second World War, and President of the Women’s Institute from 1917 – 1946.
Lady Denman was born Gertrude Mary Pearson in 1884 as the only daughter of Sir Weetman Pearson, an engineer, oil industrialist and newspaper baron who was the Liberal Member of Parliament for Colchester between 1895 and 1910; was created a baronet in 1894 and later became 1st Viscount Cowdray.
21 de mar. de 2024 · Lady Gertrude Denman (1884–1954), known to her friends as Trudie, was the daughter of Weetman Pearson, a Liberal MP with global enterprises in engineering, mining and munitions.
Gertrude Mary Denman, Baroness Denman GBE was a British woman active in women's rights issues including the promotion of Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom. She was also the wife of Lord Denman, the 3rd Baron Denman, fifth Governor-General of Australia, and she officially named Australia's capital city Canberra in 1913.
Gertrude, (known as “Trudie” in close circles), was married to Thomas Denman (1874-1954), 3 rd Baron Denman and fifth governor-general of Australia (1911-1914). During her time abroad she held many national and international leadership roles within women’s organisations.
Lord Thomas Denman was Australia’s fifth Governor-General. He and his wife, the irrepressible Lady Gertrude Denman, resided in Australia from July 1911 to May 1914.
