The name of Canada’s second Governor General was announced on this date in 1868. Sir John Young, Baron Lisgar, born in India, had served as a MP at Westminster, at Treasury and as Chief Secretary for Ireland.As a British colonial administrator, Young had been posted to the Ionian Islands and New South Wales before taking up his duties in Ottawa. Lord Lisgar served at Rideau between 1869 and 1872 and was cross-appointed to represent Britain on Prince Edward Island as well.Upon completion of his term in Canada, Lisgar returned home to Ireland and passed into history in 1876.Sir John A. Macdonald said that Lisgar was one of the most talented British officials he ever dealt with.
Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.
Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.