John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury
Governor of Trinidad | |
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| In office 1864–1866 | |
| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Preceded by | Robert William Keate |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Hamilton-Gordon |
| Governor of Victoria | |
| In office 1866–1873 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Preceded by | Sir Charles Henry Darling |
| Succeeded by | Sir George Bowen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 May 1814 Downing Street, London |
| Died | 24 June 1877 (aged 63) Queensberry Place, Kensington, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Georgiana Tompson (m. 1838) |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury Tory politician and colonial administrator.[1]
Background and education
A member of the Manners family headed by the
MA in 1835.[3] In his youth he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club and Marylebone Cricket Club.[4]
Political career
Manners-Sutton was returned to Parliament for
second administration.[2]
Colonial governor
In 1854 Manners-Sutton was appointed
Governor of Trinidad from 1864 to 1866[2][7] and as Governor of Victoria from 1866 to 1873.[2][8][9] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1866 and a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1873. In 1869 he succeeded in the viscountcy of Canterbury on the death of his unmarried elder brother.[2]
Family
He married, on 5 July 1838, Georgiana, youngest daughter of Charles Tompson of Witchingham Hall, Norfolk, by whom he had five sons, and two daughters:
- Henry Charles, who succeeded him as Viscount Canterbury;
- Graham Edward Henry, who died 30 May 1888 ;
- George Kett Henry, who died 2 March 1865 ;
- John Gurney Henry,
- Robert Henry, who was called to the bar at the Inner Temple on 7 May 1879
- Anna Maria Georgiana, who married, on 25 August 1868, Charles Edward Bright, C.M.G., of Toorak, Australia;[1]
- Mabel Georgiana.[10]
Legacy
Sutton street in the southern Ballarat suburb of Redan is named after him.[11]
References
- ^ a b
Turnbull, Jennifer (1969). "Canterbury, third Viscount (1814–1877)". OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f thepeerage.com John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury
- ^ "Manners-Sutton, John Henry Thomas (MNRS831JH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ CricketArchive: John Manners-Sutton
- ^ "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Caernarfon to Cambridgeshire South West". Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "No. 21568". The London Gazette. 4 July 1854. p. 2080.
- ^ "No. 22866". The London Gazette. 24 June 1864. p. 3217.
- ^ "No. 23118". The London Gazette. 22 May 1866. p. 3066.
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 19 April 2009]
- ^
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Barker, George Fisher Russell (1893). "Manners-Sutton, John Henry Thomas". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 36. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ City of Ballarat, 5 January 2012. Roads and Open Space Index, pg. 39, Ballarat: City of Ballarat
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