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Monck, Charles Stanley Monck, Viscount, 1819-1894

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  • 1819-1894

Charles Stanley Monck, the 4th Viscount, was born on October 10, 1819, in Templemore, County Tipperary, Ireland.

He was an Irish politician, Governor of British North America (BNA) from 1861 to 1867 and Governor General of Canada from 1867 to 1868. In 1841, he graduated from Trinity College, Dublin (B.A.) and became a barrister. He succeeded his father as 4th Viscount Monck in 1849. He was elected to the British House of Commons in 1852 and served as the Lord of the Treasury (1855-1857). In 1861, he was appointed Governor General of BNA as well as Governor of the Province of Canada. Monck played an important role in reducing tensions between BNA and the U.S. during the American Civil War (1861–1865) in the Trent Affair in 1861. After Ottawa was chosen as Canada's capital in 1865, Monck bought Rideau Hall as the residence of the governor general. He received an honorary Doctor of Law from Bishop’s College, Lennoxville, on July 1, 1865. He attended the London Conference of 1866 and contributed to the British parliamentary debate concerning the BNA Act (Constitution Act, 1867). On July 1, 1867, he took his new oath of office as Governor General of the Dominion of Canada. As his term ended in 1868, he returned to Ireland and was appointed Knight Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George in 1869 and a member of the Privy Council to recognize his achievements in Canada. Monck was lord lieutenant of County Dublin from 1874 to 1892.

In 1844, he married his cousin Lady Elizabeth Louise Mary Monck (1814–1892). He died on November 29, 1894, in Charleville, County Wicklow, Ireland.

Mompason, John

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  • Active 1781

John Mompason was a soldier in the British Army. He served as commander of Fort Michilimackinac in 1781.

Molson, William, 1793-1875

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  • 1793-1875

Wiliam Molson was born in Montréal. Because of a disagreement with his brother, Thomas, concerning their joint distilling enterprise, Molson withdrew from the family firm to establish Molson's Bank with his brother John. Founded in 1854 and chartered by the provincial legislature in 1855, the Molson's Bank was absorbed by the Bank of Montréal in 1925. The President of his bank until his death Molson was also a vice-president of the Montreal and Champlain Railroad, a local director of the Grand Trunk Railway and a governor of the Montreal General Hospital. In 1868 he became the president of the hospital. He was a generous benefactor of McGill, where William Molson Hall was named in his honour.

Molson, William Markland, 1833-1913

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  • 1833-1913

William Markland Molson was born on February 3, 1833, in Kingston, Ontario, son of Thomas Molson (1791-1863), an entrepreneur and philanthropist, co-founder of Molson Distillery.

He went to Oregon in 1877 after a combination of financial problems and his wife leaving him, taking his younger son Frederick with him. Markland returned to Montreal in 1898 with his second wife after his brother John Henry Robinson Molson (1826–1897) died and left him a considerable inheritance. He was the father of Harry Markland Molson (1856-1912), a Canadian politician and entrepreneur, Mayor of Dorval, Quebec, who perished in the sinking of the Titanic on April 15, 1912.

In 1855, he married Helen Augusta Convers (1834–1930) who left him in 1876. In 1882, he married Velina Pauline Nesmith (1855-1937). He died on February 29, 1913, in Montreal, Quebec.

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