Governor General of British North America

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British imperial office colonial office viceregal representative

The Governor General of British North America was the British Crown’s chief colonial representative overseeing the administration and governance of Britain’s North American territories before Canadian Confederation.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Governor General of the Province of Canada	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British imperial office ⓘ colonial office ⓘ viceregal representative ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	British Columbia Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ British North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Canada East NERFINISHED ⓘ Canada West NERFINISHED ⓘ New Brunswick NERFINISHED ⓘ Newfoundland Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ North-Western Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ Nova Scotia NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince Edward Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Rupert's Land NERFINISHED ⓘ Vancouver Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedBy	British government NERFINISHED ⓘ British monarch NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
endCause	Canadian Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	colonial administration ⓘ imperial defence policy in British North America ⓘ implementation of British imperial policy ⓘ relations with Indigenous peoples in British North America ⓘ
locationOfOffice	Kingston, Province of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Montreal, Province of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottawa, Province of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Quebec City, Province of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeHolderTitle	Governor General NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeScope	oversight of multiple British North American colonies ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ
positionHeldBy	Charles Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Monck, 4th Viscount Monck NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham NERFINISHED ⓘ Edmund Walker Head NERFINISHED ⓘ James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy	Governor General of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
replaces	Governor-in-Chief of British North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
represents	British Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ British monarch in British North America ⓘ
residence	Government House, Kingston NERFINISHED ⓘ Government House, Montreal NERFINISHED ⓘ Rideau Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Spencer Wood, Quebec City NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	oversaw implementation of responsible government in the Province of Canada ⓘ oversaw negotiations leading to Canadian Confederation ⓘ
subordinateTo	Colonial Office NERFINISHED ⓘ Secretary of State for the Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	pre-Confederation Canada ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Viscount Monck → positionHeld → Governor General of British North America ⓘ

Governor General of the Province of Quebec → replacedBy → Governor General of British North America ⓘ

Lieutenant Governor and Superintendent of Indian Affairs at Detroit → subordinateTo → Governor General of British North America ⓘ

George Prevost → positionHeld → Governor General of British North America ⓘ

Parliament of the Province of Canada → representedBy → Governor General of British North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Governor General of the Province of Canada

Governor of Canada East → subordinateTo → Governor General of British North America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Governor General of the Province of Canada

Governor of Canada East → subordinateTo → Governor General of British North America ⓘ