Vincent Massey
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The Right Honourable Vincent Massey PC CH CC CD FRSC(hon) |
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| 18th Governor General of Canada | |
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In office February 28, 1952 – September 15, 1959 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister |
Louis St. Laurent John Diefenbaker |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Alexander of Tunis |
| Succeeded by | Georges Vanier |
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Charles Vincent Massey February 20, 1887 Toronto, Ontario |
| Died | December 30, 1967 (aged 80) London, United Kingdom |
| Spouse(s) | Alice Massey |
| Children | Lionel Chester Hart Massey (1916–1965) Hart Parkin Vincent Massey II (1918–1996) |
| Relatives |
Raymond Massey (brother) Daniel Massey (nephew) Anna Massey (niece) |
| Profession | Diplomat |
| Religion | Methodism/United, then Anglicanism |
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Viceregal styles of Vincent Massey (1952–1959) |
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| Reference style | His Excellency the Right Honourable Son Excellence le très honorable |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency Votre Excellence |
| Alternative style | Sir Monsieur |
Charles Vincent Massey PC CH CC CD FRSC(hon) (February 20, 1887 – December 30, 1967) was a Canadian lawyer and diplomat who served as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada, the 18th since Canadian Confederation.
Massey was born into an influential Toronto family and was educated in Ontario and England, obtaining a degree in law and befriending future prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King while studying at the University of Oxford. He was commissioned into the military in 1917 for the remainder of the First World War and, after a brief stint in the Canadian Cabinet, began his diplomatic career, serving in envoys to the United States and United Kingdom. Upon his return to Canada in 1946, Massey headed a royal commission on the arts between 1949 and 1951, which resulted in the Massey Report and subsequently the establishment of the National Library of Canada and the Canada Council of the Arts, amongst other grant-giving agencies. He was in 1952 appointed as governor general by King George VI, on the recommendation of Canadian Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent, to replace the Viscount Alexander of Tunis as viceroy, and he occupied the post until succeeded by Georges Vanier in 1959. Massey was the first Canadian-born individual to serve as Canada's governor general and he proved to be a successful transition for the office away from occupants who had consistently been both members of the peerage and born overseas.
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