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Lord Stanley January 15, 1841 - June 14, 1908 Sir Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, 1st Baron Stanley of Preston was Colonial Secretary from 1885 to 1886 and Governor-General of Canada from 1888 to 1893. A Conservative Member of the British Parliament between 1865 and 1886, from 1886 to 1888, he was president of the Board of Trade. On June 11, 1888, Lord Stanley succeeded the Marquis of Lansdowne as the sixth Governor-General of Canada, In 1893, Lord Stanley—a keen sportsman— donated the Stanley Cup as an award for Canada’s top-ranking amateur hockey club. Returning to England, he became the Lord Mayor of Liverpool and the first chancellor of the University of Liverpool. During the last years of his life, he increasingly dedicated himself to philanthropic work. A monument honouring Lord Stanley and dedicating Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, reads, "To the use and enjoyment of people of all colors, creeds and customs for all time." Member Royal Alpha Lodge No 16, London, England. Source: uncited

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