Charles Monck, 4th Viscount Monck
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The Right Honourable the Viscount Monck GCMG PC |
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The Viscount Monck in 1880.
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| 1st Governor General of Canada | |
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In office 1 July 1867 – 14 November 1868 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Canadian: John A. Macdonald British: Earl of Derby Benjamin Disraeli |
| Preceded by | himself, as Governor General of the Province of Canada |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Lisgar |
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10 October 1819 Templemore, Ireland |
| Died | 29 November 1894 (aged 75) Enniskerry, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Monck |
Charles Stanley Monck, 4th Viscount Monck GCMG PC (10 October 1819 – 29 November 1894), was the last Governor-General of the Province of Canada and the first Governor General of Canada after Canadian Confederation. Prior to Confederation he was concurrently Lieutenant Governor of both Canada West and Canada East. He was the son of Charles Monck, 3rd Viscount Monck, and his wife Bridget née Willington.
Charles Monck married 24 July 1844, his first cousin, Lady Elizabeth Louise Mary Monck, daughter of his uncle Henry, the 2nd Viscount, who had been created Earl of Rathdowne in 1822. Lord and Lady Monck, and their two sons and two daughters, came to Canada, but they did not remain throughout his term of office as Governor General of Canada. The family resided at Spencerwood in Quebec during most of their stay in Canada. She died in June 1892, aged 78. Her husband died in November 1894, aged 75. They had issue:
Monck obtained a law degree from Trinity College, Dublin. He married his cousin Elizabeth Monck in 1844, and in 1849 he inherited his father's title of Viscount Monck. In 1852 he was elected MP for Portsmouth, and from 1855 to 1858 he served as Lord of the Treasury under Lord Palmerston.
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