Royal Canada Baron Governor General Monck Signed Queen Victoria Document Royalty

Description: LOT-G102. For your consideration is an exceedingly rare and historically important original antique c.1862 royal Queen Victoria issue Province of Canada Crown Sale land grant to James Nicholl, hand-signed by Baron / 4th Viscount Monck / Governor General of Canada, Charles Stanley Monck. Autograph is located in the upper left corner of the document, MONCK. Royal document is vellum / parchment. Royal provincial Canada wax seal intact. Co-signed. Dated November 5, 1863. Document measures approximately 15.75" x 13.75". Charles Stanley Monck, 4th Viscount Monck GCMG PC (10 October 1819 29 November 1894) was a British politician who served as the last governor-general of the Province of Canada and the first Governor General of Canada after Canadian Confederation. Monck obtained a law degree from Trinity College Dublin. He married his cousin Lady Elizabeth Monck (one of Lord Rathdowne's daughters) in 1844, and in 1849 he inherited his father's title as 4th Viscount Monck. In 1852 he was elected MP for Portsmouth (as an Irish peer, he had no seat in the House of Lords), and from 1855 to 1858 he served as Lord of the Treasury under Lord Palmerston. In 1861, he was appointed Governor General of British North America as well as Governor of the Province of Canada. Lord and Lady Monck and their children 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. During this time, the Canadian colonies were beginning to organise themselves into a confederation. The American Civil War had just broken out, and the Trent Affair caused diplomatic tension between the United States and Britain. The Canadian government was eager to gain some measure of independence during this turbulent period. The Quebec Conference, the Charlottetown Conference, and the London Conference, at which the details of confederation were discussed, all took place during Monck's time as governor. Monck supported the idea, and worked closely with John A. Macdonald, George Brown, George-tienne Cartier, and tienne-Paschal Tach, who formed the "Great Coalition" in 1864. In 1866, Monck was created a peer of the United Kingdom with the title Baron Monck, which gave him a seat in the House of Lords. When the Canadian colonies became a semi-independent confederation the next year, Monck became the country's first Governor General. Monck was also responsible for establishing Rideau Hall as the residence of the Governor General in Ottawa.

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