Lord Stanley of Preston

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British politician Governor General of Canada human

Lord Stanley of Preston was a late 19th-century Governor General of Canada best known for donating the trophy that became the Stanley Cup, the championship prize of professional ice hockey.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British politician → Governor General of Canada → human →
birthCountry	United Kingdom →
birthDate	1841-01-15 →
birthPlace	London →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
deathDate	1908-06-14 →
deathPlace	Holwood, Kent →
donated	original Stanley Cup trophy →
donationYear	1892 →
familyName	Stanley →
father	Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby →
fieldOfWork	colonial administration → politics →
gender	male →
givenName	Frederick →
hasNamesake	Stanley Cup → Stanley Park, Blackpool → Stanley Park, Vancouver →
honorificTitle	The Right Honourable →
inspiredBy	ice hockey in Canada →
knownFor	donating the Stanley Cup trophy → serving as Governor General of Canada →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Conservative Party (UK) →
monarchDuringTerm	Queen Victoria →
mother	Emma Caroline Bootle-Wilbraham →
nobleTitle	16th Earl of Derby →
notableAchievement	helped popularize ice hockey in Canada → strengthened ties between Canada and the British Empire →
numberOfChildren	10 →
officeEnd	Governor General of Canada 1893 →
officeStart	Governor General of Canada 1888 →
parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented	Blackpool → North Lancashire → North-East Lancashire →
positionHeld	Colonial Secretary of the United Kingdom → Governor General of Canada → Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom → President of the Board of Trade → Secretary of State for the Colonies →
precededBy	Marquess of Lansdowne →
religion	Anglicanism →
residence	Knowsley Hall → Rideau Hall →
sportLegacy	Stanley Cup →
spouse	Lady Constance Villiers →
succeededBy	Earl of Aberdeen →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Stanley Cup → Stanley Cup ("Frederick Arthur Stanley") → Stanley Park → The Cup →	namedAfter
The Cup →	associatedWith
Stanley Cup trustees →	createdBy
The Cup →	donor
Lord Stanley of Preston ("Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby") →	father
Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby →	nobleTitle