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RIGHT. HON. CHARLES EDWARD POULETT THOMSON, LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
Son of a London merchant—Born 1799—Mercantile career—Enters Parliament 1826—Vice-President Board of Trade 1830—Cabinet Minister 1835—Governor-General of Canada 1839—Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada—Session of 1839-40—Returns to Montreal—Created Baron Sydenham—Opens first parliament of United Canadas—Fatal accident—Death—Personal Characteristics
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MAJOR-GENERAL HENRY WILLIAM STISTED, C.B., LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
First Governor after Confederation—Succeeds General Napier in military command—Service in Afghanistan and in Mutiny—Appointed July, 1867 Township of Stisted named after—Colonel of 93rd Highlanders—Dies, December, 1875
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HON. WILLIAM PEARCE HOWLAND, C.B., LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
Of Quaker descent—Born in New York—Emigrates to Canada—Merchant in Toronto Township—Member for West York, 1857—Minister of Finance, 1862—Receiver-General in Macdonald-Dorion Government—Postmaster-General and Finance Minister till Confederation—Succeeds General Stisted—Bay Verte Canal Commissioner—Business career