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...English sticklers for good form this was a most outrageous Irish bull. Had not His Majesty eventually appointed the 9th Earl of Bessborough to be Governor General of Canada (TIME, Feb. 16)? To brand Bessborough publicly as a second choice, to reveal blandly that the Duke of Abercorn has turned Canada down, preferring to remain Governor of Northern Ireland-"that," sputtered the Liberal London Star last week, "is one of those things which are 'not done.' We cannot recall an indiscretion of parallel magnitude in connection with a command from royalty. ... In Court circles . . . this gross discourtesy...
Ponsonby, the Earl of Bessborough's family name, is pronounced, they reported, "Punsunby...
...Lord Bessborough is the fourth Irish peer to become Governor General of Canada, his predecessors having been Viscount Monck (1867-68), the Earl of Dufferin (1872-78) and the Marquess of Lansdowne...
...Roberte, Countess of Bessborough, will be the first daughter of a Frenchman to become the chatelaine of Rideau Hall, Canada's "White House...
...chief job is that of board chairman, since 1921, of the Sao Paulo (Brazil) Railway. Thus he brings to Canada important contacts "down under," may do as much to get the Dominion-Latin American trade as the "Empire Salesman" is doing on his tour (see p. 20). Darkest Horse Bessborough is in diamonds as deputy board chairman (since 1924) of the South African De Beers Consolidated Mines...