Sir John Young, Baron Lisgar

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Sir John Young, Baron Lisgar was a 19th-century British colonial administrator and statesman who served as the second Governor General of Canada after Confederation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
Governor General of Canada
colonial administrator
human
appointedGovernorGeneralBy Queen Victoria NERFINISHED
associatedWith Dominion of Canada NERFINISHED
Ionian Islands NERFINISHED
New South Wales NERFINISHED
burialPlace Bailieborough, County Cavan, Ireland NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath illness (unspecified)
countryOfCitizenship Ireland
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1807-08-31
dateOfDeath 1876-10-06
educatedAt Corpus Christi College, Oxford NERFINISHED
Eton College
era 19th century
familyName Young NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork colonial administration
politics
givenName John NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix Sir
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK)
monarchDuringTerm Queen Victoria NERFINISHED
nobleTitle Baron Lisgar NERFINISHED
notableFor administration of Canadian affairs during the early post-Confederation period
service as Governor of New South Wales
service as Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands
serving as the second Governor General of Canada after Confederation
numberInOffice 2
officeEnd 1872-06-25
officeHeldFor Governor General of Canada NERFINISHED
officeStart 1869-02-02
parliamentaryConstituency County Cavan NERFINISHED
peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
placeOfBirth Bailieborough, County Cavan, Ireland NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Baileyborough, County Cavan, Ireland NERFINISHED
positionHeld Chief Secretary for Ireland NERFINISHED
Governor General of Canada NERFINISHED
Governor of New South Wales NERFINISHED
Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands NERFINISHED
Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
precededBy The Viscount Monck NERFINISHED
religion Anglicanism
residence Rideau Hall, Ottawa NERFINISHED
servedIn British Empire NERFINISHED
spouse Adelaide Annabella Tuite Dalton NERFINISHED
succeededBy The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava NERFINISHED
titleCreated 1870

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Viscount Monck succeededBy Sir John Young, Baron Lisgar
1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava precededBy Sir John Young, Baron Lisgar
this entity surface form: John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar