Sir John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, Marquess of Lorne, served as Canada’s 4th Governor General from 1878 to 1883. He was married to Queen Victoria’s forth daughter, Princess Louise Caroline Alberta. The royal couple’s arrival was greatly anticipated by the Canadian people. Lord Lorne was only 33 years old when he took up his post in Canada, making him the youngest Governor General in Canadian history.
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta was the fourth daughter and sixth child of Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Consort Albert. Although she had her choice of suitors, she married her husband, Sir John Campbell, in 1871. The picture to the left was taken on the pair's honeymoon. Not long after the marriage the couple came to Canada and he assumed his post as Canada’s fourth Governor General.
Sir Henry Chales Keith Petty-Fiztmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, became Canada’s fifth Governor General following Lord Lorne’s return to England. Lord Landsdowne fulfilled his duties as Governor General of Canada from 23 October 1883 to 11 June 1888.
Maud Evelyn Petty-Fitzmaurice married her husband, the Marquess of Lansdowne, on 8 November 1869 and became the Marchioness of Lansdowne. Lady Landsdowne enjoyed travelling with her husband and saw much of Canada while he served as Canada’s fifth Governor General.
In this picture you see Lady Landsdowne getting her hair cut in 1884 at her and her husband's fishing camp, New Dereen.
This New Dereen log book documents Lord Landsdowne's success as a fisherman.
Sir Frederick Arthur Stanley, Lord Stanley of Preston and 16th Earl of Derby, became Canada’s sixth Governor General in 1888, following the departure of Lord Landsdowne. He remained in Canada until 1893, when he returned to England to become Lord Mayor of Liverpool.
Lord Stanley married his wife, Lady Constance Villiers on 31 May 1864. Lord Stanley built the Stanley house for his wife near the New Richmond bay area because she did not like the blackflies that lived along the Grand Cascapedia River near Cascapedia-St-Jules.
Lord Stanley's cabinet card photo.
In this photograph, Lady Stanley reads her newspaper while sitting on her front porch at Stanley House.
A picture of Lady Stanley.
Sir John Campbell Hamilton Gordon, 7th Earl and 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, served as Canada’s seventh Governor General of Canada from 18 September 1893 to 12 November 1898.
Lord Aberdeen married his wife, Ishbel Maria Marjoribanks, in 1877.
Lord Aberdeen avidly supported her husband’s political career and was a humanitarian who liked to champion the under privileged. Today, she is best remembered for helping to found both the Victorian Order of Nurses and the National Council of Women of Canada.
Lady Aberdeen had five children, four of whom survived to adulthood. She died on 18 April 1939.
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, served as Canada’s eight Governor General from 12 November 1898 to 10 December 1904.
Like his predecessors, Lord Minto enjoyed visitng the Gaspe Coast to fish on the Grand Cascapedia River.
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir served as Canada’s fifteenth Governor General of Canada from 2 November 1935 to 11 February 1940.
Lord Tweedsmuir married his wife, Susan Charlotte Grosvenor, on 15 July 1907. While serving as Canada’s Governor General, he and his wife visited the coast. Upon their departure, as seen in the picture to the left, a large crowd assembled to bid the couple farewell.
Photo courtesy of Jean MacWhirter Bujold
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