Viceregal consort of Canada

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The Countess of Bessborough (right), viceregal consort of Canada, with her husband, the Earl of Bessborough, in their official photograph as governor general and viceregal consort of Canada, 1933


The viceregal consort of Canada is the spouse of the serving governor general of Canada, assisting the viceroy with ceremonial and charitable work, accompanying him or her to official state occasions, and occasionally undertaking philanthropic work of their own. As the hostess of the royal and viceroyal residence in Ottawa, the consort, if female, is also known as the Chatelaine of Rideau Hall. This individual, who ranks third in the Canadian order of precedence, after the Canadian monarch and the governor general, is addressed as His or Her Excellency while their spouse is in office, and is made ex officio an Extraordinary Companion of the Order of Canada and a Knight or Dame of Justice of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem.[1]


Only once has the title of Chatelaine of Rideau Hall been held by someone who was not the spouse of the governor general—as Vincent Massey was a widower, his daughter-in-law, Lilias Massey, held the title and performed the official duties of the Chatelaine. Unlike a viceregal consort, however, Lilias Massey was not addressed as Her Excellency.




Contents





  • 1 Role


  • 2 List of viceregal consorts

    • 2.1 Viceregal consorts of New France, 1627–1760


    • 2.2 Viceregal consorts of British North America, 1760–1867


    • 2.3 Viceregal consorts of Canada, 1867–present



  • 3 Canadian institutions established by viceregal consorts


  • 4 See also


  • 5 Notes


  • 6 References




Role





Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, in Canadian military uniform, c. 1942


The position of the viceregal consort carries no official duties and receives no salary. However, consorts have held and do hold a prominent and visible position in the Canadian affairs of state, taking part in official occasions, such as the Speech From the Throne and Order of Canada investitures, and national celebrations, such as Canada Day events on Parliament Hill, as well as both welcoming foreign dignitaries to Canada and accompanying the governor general on state visits abroad. These practices evolved from the original role as the hostess of the royal and viceroyal residences in Ottawa (Rideau Hall) and Quebec City (La Citadelle), a tradition maintained only by female viceregal consorts, who oversee the planning of ceremonies and functions of state that take place at either of the official residences.


Over the course of the 20th century, it became increasingly common for viceregal consorts to select and pursue on their own initiative various charitable projects.[1]Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, whose husband served as governor general during the Second World War, volunteered her time to the war effort in Canada, especially women's organisations such as the Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division. The activities chosen are typically apolitical and non-divisive. However, some consorts have stirred controversy through their work; Jean-Daniel Lafond, who promoted Canadian art—film in particular—and involved himself in the Francophone community, made a documentary while viceregal consort that attracted criticism from the National Post that Lafond had shown strong anti-Americanism and had been sympathetic to an admitted assassin.[2][3][4]



List of viceregal consorts



Viceregal consorts of New France, 1627–1760


















































































#NameDates
Spouse
1

Hélène de Champlain (née Boullé)[5]
1627–1635

Samuel de Champlain


None
1635–1648

Charles de Montmagny
2

Marie-Barbe d'Ailleboust (née de Boullongne)[6]
1648–1651

Louis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge


None[n 1]
1651–1657

Jean de Lauson


None
1658–1661

Le vicomte de Mouzay


None
1661–1663

Le baron d'Avaugour


None
1663–1665

Augustin de Saffray de Mésy


None
1665–1672

Daniel de Rémy de Courcelle
3

La comtesse de Frontenac et de Palluau (née Anne de la Grange-Trianon)[n 2][8]
1672–1682

Le comte de Frontenac et de Palluau
4

Marie Mandat[n 3][9]
1682–1685

Joseph-Antoine de La Barre
5

La marquise de Denonville (née Catherine Courtin)[10]
1685–1689

Le marquis de Denonville


None
1689–1698
Le comte de Frontenac et de Palluau


None
1698–1703

Louis-Hector de Callière
6

La marquise de Vaudreuil (née Louise-Élisabeth de Joybert)[11]
1703–1725

Le marquis de Vaudreuil
7

La marquise de Beauharnois (née Renée Pays)[n 2][12]
1725–1747

Le marquis de Beauharnois
8

La marquise de La Galissonnière (née Marie-Catherine-Antoinette de Lauson)[n 3][13]
1747–1749

Le marquis de La Galissonnière
9

La marquise de la Jonquière (née Marie-Angélique de La Valette)[n 3][14]
1749–1752

Le marquis de la Jonquière


None
1752–1755

Le marquis du Quesne


None
1755–1760

Le marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal


Viceregal consorts of British North America, 1760–1867














































































































#NameDates
Spouse
10

Lady Jane Amherst (née Dalison)[n 3][15]
1760–1763

Sir Jeffrey Amherst
11

Cordelia Murray (née Collier)[n 3][16]
1764–1768

James Murray
12

Lady Maria Carleton (née Howard)[n 3][17]
1768–1778

Sir Guy Carleton


None
1778–1786
Sir Frederick Haldimand
12

The Lady Dorchester (previously Lady Maria Carleton)[n 3]
1786–1796

The Lord Dorchester
13

Unknown
1796–1799

Robert Prescott
14

Lady Charlotte Frances Milnes (née Bentinck)[18]
1799–1805

Sir Robert Shore Milnes
15
Lady Henriette Dunn (née Guichaud)[19]1805–1807

Sir Thomas Dunn


None
1807–1811
Sir James Henry Craig
16

Lady Catherine Anne Prévost (née Phipps)[20]
1811–1815
Sir George Prévost
17

Lady Margaret Drummond (née Russell)[n 3][21]
1815–1816
Sir Gordon Drummond
18
Lady Katherine Sherbrooke (née Pyndar)[22]1816–1818
Sir John Coape Sherbrooke
19

The Duchess of Richmond (née Charlotte Gordon)[23]
1818–1820

The Duke of Richmond
20

The Countess of Dalhousie (née Christina Broun)[24]
1820–1828

The Earl of Dalhousie


None
1828–1830
Sir James Kempt
21

The Lady Aylmer (née Louisa Anne Call)[25]
1830–1835

The Lord Aylmer
22

The Countess of Gosford (née Mary Sparrow)[26]
1835–1837

The Earl of Gosford
23

Lady Elizabeth Colborne (née Yonge)[27]
1837–1838

Sir John Colborne
24

The Countess of Durham (née Louisa Elizabeth Grey)[28]
1838–1839

The Earl of Durham


None
1839–1941

The Lord Sydenham
25

Lady Mary Charlotte Anne Bagot (née Wellesley-Pole)[29]
1842–1843
Sir Charles Bagot


None
1843–1845

Sir Charles Metcalfe
26

The Countess Cathcart (née Henrietta Mather)[n 3][30]
1846–1847

The Earl Cathcart
27

The Countess of Elgin and Kincardine (née Mary Lambton)[31]
1847–1854

The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine
28

Lady Anna Maria Head (née Yorke)[32]
1854–1861

Sir Edmund Walker Head
29

The Viscountess Monck (née Elizabeth Louise Mary Monck)[33]
1861–1867

The Viscount Monck


Viceregal consorts of Canada, 1867–present


























































































































#NameDates
Spouse
29

The Viscountess Monck (née Elizabeth Louise Mary Monck)
1867–1869

The Viscount Monck
30

The Lady Lisgar (née Adelaide Annabella Tuite Dalton)[34]
1869–1872

The Lord Lisgar
31

The Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava (née Hariot Georgina Rowan-Hamilton)
1872–1878

The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
32

Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lorne (née The Princess Louise)
1878–1883

Marquess of Lorne
33

The Marchioness of Lansdowne (née Lady Maud Evelyn Hamilton)
1883–1888

The Marquess of Lansdowne
34

The Countess of Derby (née Lady Constance Villiers)[35]
1888–1893

The Earl of Derby
35

The Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair (née Ishbel Maria Marjoribanks)
1893–1898

The Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
36

The Countess of Minto (née Mary Caroline Grey)[36]
1898–1904

The Earl of Minto
37

The Countess Grey (née Alice Holford)[37]
1904–1911

The Earl Grey
38

The Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn (née Princess Luise Margarete of Prussia)
1911–1916

The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
39

The Duchess of Devonshire (née Lady Evelyn Emily Mary FitzMaurice)
1916–1921

The Duke of Devonshire
40

The Lady Byng of Vimy (née Marie Evelyn Moreton)
1921–1926

The Lord Byng of Vimy
41

The Marchioness of Willingdon (née Marie Adelaide Brassey)
1926–1931

The Marquess of Willingdon
42

The Countess of Bessborough (née Roberte de Neuflize)
1931–1935

The Earl of Bessborough
43

The Lady Tweedsmuir (née Susan Charlotte Grosvenor)
1935–1940

The Lord Tweedsmuir
44

Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (née Princess Alice of Albany)
1940–1946

The Earl of Athlone
45

The Viscountess Alexander of Tunis (née Margaret Bingham)
1946–1952

The Viscount Alexander of Tunis

None (acting châtelaine: Lilias Massey)[n 4]1952–1959

Vincent Massey
46

Pauline Vanier (née Archer)
1959–1967

Georges Vanier
47

Norah Michener (née Willis)
1967–1974

Roland Michener
48

Gabrielle Léger (née Carmel)
1974–1979

Jules Léger
49

Lily Schreyer (née Schulz)
1979–1984

Edward Schreyer
50

Maurice Sauvé
1984–1990

Jeanne Sauvé
51

Karen Gerda Nygaard Hnatyshyn (née Andreasen)
1990–1995

Ramon John Hnatyshyn
52

Diana Fowler LeBlanc
1995–1999

Roméo LeBlanc
53

John Ralston Saul
1999–2005

Adrienne Clarkson
54

Jean-Daniel Lafond
2005–2010

Michaëlle Jean
55

Sharon Johnston
2010–2017

David Lloyd Johnston

None [n 5]2017–

Julie Payette


Canadian institutions established by viceregal consorts



  • Lady Stanley Institute for Trained Nurses – The Countess of Derby

  • Ottawa Maternity Hospital – The Marchioness of Aberdeen


  • Victorian Order of Nurses – The Marchioness of Aberdeen[38]


  • Lady Minto Hospital – The Countess of Minto


See also


  • List of royal consorts of Canada


Notes




  1. ^ Lauson's wife, Mariede Lauson (née Gaudar), died in France prior to the former's appointment as governor.[7]


  2. ^ ab The couple was separated during the governor's tenure.


  3. ^ abcdefghi The governor's wife did not accompany him.


  4. ^ Massey's wife, Alice Massey (née Parkin), died prior to the former's appointment as governor general; his daughter-in-law, Lilias Massey, acted as Chatelaine of Rideau Hall.


  5. ^ Payette is divorced and has not remarried.




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