Governor General Lord Stanley of Preston

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Governor General Lord Stanley of Preston was a British statesman who served as Governor General of Canada in the late 19th century and is best known for donating the Stanley Cup, the championship trophy of professional ice hockey.

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Governor General Lord Stanley of Preston canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician ⓘ
Governor General of Canada ⓘ
human ⓘ
appointedAs Governor General of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate 1841-01-15 ⓘ
birthPlace London, England NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfDonation 1892 ⓘ
deathDate 1908-06-14 ⓘ
deathPlace Holwood, Kent, England NERFINISHED ⓘ
donated Stanley Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime 1893-09-18 ⓘ
familyName Stanley NERFINISHED ⓘ
father Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfActivity British politics ⓘ
Canadian public life ⓘ
founded Stanley Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName Frederick NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNamesake Stanley Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stanley Park, Blackpool NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stanley Park, Vancouver NERFINISHED ⓘ
honorificTitle Lord ⓘ
knownFor donating the Stanley Cup ⓘ
serving as Governor General of Canada ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm Queen Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
mother Emma Caroline Bootle-Wilbraham NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleTitle 16th Earl of Derby NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork establishment of the Stanley Cup as a challenge trophy for ice hockey in Canada ⓘ
occupation politician ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented North Lancashire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Preston NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld Governor General of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
President of the Board of Trade of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Secretary of State for the Colonies of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence Holwood House NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rideau Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ
sportAssociatedWith ice hockey ⓘ
spouse Lady Constance Villiers NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime 1888-06-11 ⓘ

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Sir John Thompson (4th Prime Minister of Canada) → appointedPrimeMinisterBy → Governor General Lord Stanley of Preston ⓘ
subject surface form: Sir John Thompson