Lord Stanley of Preston

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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, England ⓘ
surface form: London
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1908-06-14 ⓘ
deathPlace Sevenoaks ⓘ
surface form: Holwood, Kent
donated Stanley Cup ⓘ
surface form: original Stanley Cup trophy
donationYear 1892 ⓘ
familyName Stanley ⓘ
father Lord Stanley of Preston self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
fieldOfWork colonial administration ⓘ
politics ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Frederick Augustus of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Lancashire ⓘ
surface form: North Lancashire

Lancashire ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

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

Stanley Cup → namedAfter → Lord Stanley of Preston ⓘ
Stanley Cup → namedAfter → Lord Stanley of Preston ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frederick Arthur Stanley
Stanley Cup trustees → createdBy → Lord Stanley of Preston ⓘ
The Cup → namedAfter → Lord Stanley of Preston ⓘ
The Cup → donor → Lord Stanley of Preston ⓘ
The Cup → associatedWith → Lord Stanley of Preston ⓘ
Lord Stanley of Preston → father → Lord Stanley of Preston self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
Stanley Park, Vancouver → namedAfter → Lord Stanley of Preston ⓘ
subject surface form: Stanley Park
Stanley → nobleTitle → Lord Stanley of Preston ⓘ
subject surface form: Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby
Stanley Barracks → namedAfter → Lord Stanley of Preston ⓘ