The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-16
The New Governors OF Canada ana New
Brunswick.

The New Governors OF Canada and New
DrunsvsSck.
kisnow pretty generally Known that Lord Elgin,
the present Governor Of the Canadss, returns to
England this fall, and IL succeeded in his Office By
Sir Edmund Walker Head, the present Lieutenant
Governor Of New Brunswick. In the room Of the
latter, the honorable John Henry Thomas Manners
Sutton assumes the Lieutenant Governorship Of
New Brunssick. A our intercourse with the colo
nies lie becoming daily more intimate few details
respecting their new rulers many not be devoid OF
interest.
Canada, ia remote oonnexion Of Sir Francis Bond
Head, whose Governorship Of Upper Canada in
1888 and high tory principles have earned for him
On unenvable notoriety on this continent Tue
conDexion Is 20 distant that NO reationshp has ever
been considered - existing between the two. To
satsy the curious, however, We may say that Por-
tuguese Jew doctor named Fernando Mendez wa,
invited to the Court Of Charles the Second Of Eag.
land, and BY his skin In curing prevalent disease
thereat, rose to such favor that he WAS enabled {,
marry his son, Moses MeDdez to the daughter Of
the Rev. Sir Francis Head. The children Of this
marriage being some what ashamed OF their pa.er-
nal ancestors, and seeking to shake Off their Juda.
lem, obtained permission to drop their father
name and assume their mothers. Known then
forth by that Of Head, the younger, jane
Roper, transmitted that name to his sou
Francis Bond, who Ia fulness Of time, becams
a useful agent Of the cid British tory party, and
vas rewarded for his services with a baronet v.
This ia the Sir Francis Bond Head who was %
nearly tarred and tea,hered few years back nc 4
thousand miles from this city.
Sir Edmund Walker Head Ia the eighth baronet
Of the line. The title was conferred In 1876 ueoo
his ancestor Richard Head. Of Kent, who wa Q
member OF Parliament for Rochester, and 4 deyoyea
seherent 70 the Stuart house. Three Of the eight
baroneu Of the line have been clergymen, includ.
ing the father Of the present Sir Edmund, who vas
rector Of Raleigh in Essex and curate Of Egerton.
Kent. Sir Edmund was born In 1906 and received
the usual education Of rich Englishmen graduating
with honors. la ls4s NE find him in public life as
Sir William Coeorooke's successor a. Lieutenant
Governor Of New Brunswick. His official career in
that province has been eminently successful His
ministers have been generally enlightened and
liberal; and since mis- accession VIC have heard less
than we used To do Of discomfort and party squaSbes
His colonial experience will doubtless render him
An efficient successor 10 Lord Elsin. Sir Edmund
married, In 1885, the daughter Of Rev. Philip Yorke,
Of the Harcwiche family, and has . son, John, now
fourteen years Of age, and two daughters.
He Ia TO be followed in New brunswick BY
member Of . family well koown in Eoglaad-
John Henry Thomas Manners Sutton ID the son Of
the eminent Charles Manners Sutton, who was
Speaker Of the British House Of Commons from
1917 to lssl and was then raised TO the peerage by
the title Of viscount Canterbury. His grandfather