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Charles Vincent Massey
Vincent Massey was the grandson of Hart Massey, who developed the farm-implement company started by Daniel Massey into a powerful international corporation. His education was at the University of Toronto and Balliol College, Oxford, and he lectured in history at Victoria College, University of Toronto (1913-1915). He then joined the army and served as a staff officer in Canada, ultimately working for the war committee of the Cabinet. He was president of Massey-Harris Company Ltd, from 1921 until 1925 when he joined Prime Minister Mackenzie King's Cabinet as Minister without Portfolio. But he failed to win a seat in Parliament, and in 1926 King made him Canada's first Minister to the US where he served until 1930. From 1932 to 1935 he served as president of the National Liberal Federation before being appointed High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom, at which post he served until 1946. After the war, Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent placed Massey in charge of the Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences. On the
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Charles Vincent Massey PC CH CC CD (20 February 1887 – 30 December 1967) was a Canadian lawyer and diplomat who, until 15 September 1959, served as the Governor General of Canada. He was appointed as such by George VI, King of Canada, on the recommendation of then Canadian Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent to replace as viceroy Harold Alexander, Viscount Alexander of Tunis. The official announcement of the appointment was made on 1 February 1952, just five days before the King's death, and Massey's investiture as the 18th Governor General since Confederation took place on 28 February 1952.
Massey was born into a family that was influential in Toronto, 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 194
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Vincent Massey
Governor General of Canada from 1952 to 1959
This article is about the Canadian governor general. For the Australian enzymologist, see Vincent Massey (enzymologist).
The Right Honourable Vincent Massey PC CH CC CD FRSC(hon) | |
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Massey, c. 1956 | |
| In office February 28, 1952 – September 15, 1959 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Louis St. Laurent John Diefenbaker |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Alexander of Tunis |
| Succeeded by | Georges Vanier |
| In office 1935–1946 | |
| Prime Minister | William Lyon Mackenzie King |
| Preceded by | Howard Ferguson |
| Succeeded by | Norman Robertson |
| In office November 25, 1926 – July 23, 1930 | |
| Prime Minister | William Lyon Mackenzie King |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | William Duncan Herridge |
| Born | Charles Vincent Massey (1887-02-20)February 20, 1887 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | December 30, 1967(1967-12-30) (aged 80) London, England |
| Spouse | Alice Massey (m. ; died )&Copyright ©axissmog.pages.dev 2025 |