monarch death_date nationality birth_date term_end death_place governor_general profession order term_start spouse image name occupation caption relations predecessor birth_place party office successor premier article_title
george v 11 april 1936 canadian 16 may 1856 december 9 , 1919 victoria , british columbia the devonshire duke of connaught and strathearn the duke of politician 10th december 5 , 1914 martha amelia sophia loewen 1883 frankbarnard.jpg sir francis stillman barnard businessman , parliamentarian sir francis stillman barnard francis jones barnard -lrb- father -rrb- thomas wilson paterson toronto , ontario liberal-conservative lieutenant governor of british columbia edward gawler prior richard oliver mcbride william john bowser harlan carey brewster john francis stillman barnard

francis stillman barnard

sir francis stillman barnard , kcmg -lrb- may 16 , 1856 -- april 11 , 1936 -rrb- was a canadian parliamentarian and the tenth lieutenant governor of british columbia .
barnard is often referred to as frank barnard , as was his father francis jones barnard , who as the founder of barnard 's express , was one of bc 's more notable pioneer entrepreneurs .
stillman was born on may 16 , 1856 , in toronto , ontario , and in 1860 was moved with his mother to victoria , bc , where his father had preceded them by a year .
he attended the collegiate school in victoria from 1866 to 1870 and was sent to hellmuth college in london , ontario , to continue his education .
in 1873 he returned to british columbia and assisted his father in the operation of the family business , the b.c. express company a.k.a. barnard 's express .
in 1880 he was appointed him manager of the company when his father 's health turned for the worse .
he continued in this position he continued until 1888 , when he resigned to successfully run for the cariboo seat in the house of commons .
politically he was labelled a `` liberal conservative '' and was an ardent supporter of john a. macdonald , and campaigned and worked actively for the rapid settlement and development of the province .
in addition to his primary role in the b.x. express , barnard was president and majority shareholder of victoria transfer co. ltd. and its counterpart the vancouver transfer co. ltd. .
he was director and secretary of the vancouver improvement company , and also a director of the hastings sawmill company , the british columbia milling and mining company , and of the selkirk mining and smelting company .
he was also a victoria city councillor in 1886 and 1887 .
he was a member of the union club in victoria , and of the rideau club in ottawa .
from 1914 to 1919 , he was the lieutenant governor of british columbia .
he was knighted in 1919 .
in 1883 he married martha amelia sophia loewen , and in married life resided at duval cottage , victoria .
