Thomas Denniston

{{Short description|New Zealand farmer and newspaper editor}}

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Thomas Denniston (28 March 1821 – 14 September 1897) was a New Zealand farmer and newspaper editor. He was born in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland on 28 March 1821. He contested the {{NZ electorate link|Mataura}} electorate in the {{NZ election link|1871}} but of the three candidates, he came last.{{cite news |title=Telegrams |url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=OW18710218.2.43 |accessdate=11 December 2015 |work=Otago Witness |issue=1003 |date=18 February 1871 |page=13}} His eldest son, Sir John Denniston, was a judge at the Supreme Court in Christchurch.{{DNZB|Cuthill|R. J.|2d8|Thomas Denniston|27 September 2012}}