Viscount Monck

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Viscount Monck was a 19th-century British statesman who oversaw Canadian Confederation and became the first Governor General of the Dominion of Canada.

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instanceOf British politician
Governor General of Canada
colonial administrator
human
burialPlace Charleville, County Cork, Ireland
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1819-10-10
dateOfDeath 1894-11-29
educatedAt Trinity College Dublin
endTime 1868-11-14
era 19th century
familyName Monck
father Henry Monck
givenName Charles
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
House of Lords
monarchServed Queen Victoria
mother Lady Frances Mary Trench
nobleRank Viscount in the Peerage of Ireland
nobleTitle 4th Viscount Monck
notableFor role in establishing the Dominion of Canada
notableWork Constitution Act, 1867
surface form: Support for the British North America Act, 1867
officeCreatedForPosition first Governor General of the Dominion of Canada
oversaw Canadian Confederation
placeOfBirth Templemore, County Tipperary, Ireland
placeOfDeath Charleville, County Cork, Ireland
politicalAlignment Liberal-Conservative
positionHeld Governor General of British North America
Governor General of Canada
Governor General of Canada
surface form: Governor General of the Province of Canada

Lord of the Treasury
Member of Parliament for Portsmouth
precededBy Sir Edmund Walker Head
religion Anglicanism
residence Rideau Hall
surface form: Rideau Hall, Ottawa
significantEvent Canadian Confederation
surface form: Creation of the Dominion of Canada
spouse Lady Elizabeth Louise Mary Monck
startTime 1861-11-28
succeededBy Sir John Young, Baron Lisgar

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