monarch predecessor successor death_date governor_general birth_place death_place nationality birth_date order term_start premier image article_title term_end name
elizabeth ii henry pybus bell-irving david lam 21 may 2010 edward schreyer jeanne sauvé montreal , quebec victoria , british columbia canadian 19 august 1919 24th lieutenant-governor of british columbia 15 jul 1983 bill bennett bill vander zalm robertrogers.jpg robert gordon rogers
 9 september 1988 robert gordon rogers
robert gordon rogers

robert gordon rogers , -lrb- august 19 , 1919 -- may 21 , 2010 -rrb- , commonly known as bob rogers , was the 24th lieutenant governor of british columbia from 1983 to 1988 .
born in montreal , he was a graduate of the university of toronto schools , the university of toronto , and the royal military college of canada in kingston .
during the second world war , he served with the 1st hussars of the royal canadian armoured corps , landing on juno beach on d-day in 1944 .
from 1991 to 1996 , he served as chancellor of the university of victoria .
in 1989 , he was made an officer of the order of canada .
in 1990 , he was awarded the order of british columbia .
rogers died on may 21 , 2010 .
