Charles Stanley Monck, 4th Viscount Monck, GCMG, PC (Templemore 10 October 1819 – 29 November 1894 Enniskerry) was the last Governor General of the Province of Canada and the first Governor General of Canada after Canadian Confederation. Prior to Confederation he was concurrently Lieutenant Governor of both Canada West and Canada East.
Monck obtained a law degree from Trinity College, Dublin. He married his cousin Elizabeth Monck in 1844, and in ...
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Charles Stanley Monck, 4th Viscount Monck, GCMG, PC (Templemore 10 October 1819 – 29 November 1894 Enniskerry) was the last Governor General of the Province of Canada and the first Governor General of Canada after Canadian Confederation. Prior to Confederation he was concurrently Lieutenant Governor of both Canada West and Canada East.
Monck obtained a law degree from Trinity College, Dublin. He married his cousin Elizabeth Monck in 1844, and in 1849 he inherited his father's title of Viscount Monck. In 1852 he was elected MP for Portsmouth, and from 1855 to 1858 he served as Lord of the Treasury under Lord Palmerston.
In 1861 he was appointed Governor General of British North America as well as Governor of the Province of Canada. During this time, the Canadian colonies were beginning to organize themselves into a confederation. The American Civil War had just broken out, and the Trent Affair caused diplomatic tension between the United States and Britain. The Canadian government was...
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