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