Word: bessboroughs
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Dates: during 1931-1931
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Born. To the ninth Earl of Bessborough, Governor-General of Canada; a son (he has been married since 1912, has two other children); in Montreal. The child is the first to be born to a Governor-General of Canada since the present Dowager Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava gave birth to a son in 1875. From George V came a request that he might be the boy's godfather...
Married. His Excellency William Duncan Herridge, newly appointed Canadian Minister to the U. S.; and Mildred Bennett, sister of Prime Minister Richard Bedford Bennett of Canada; in Ottawa. Among the guests: the Earl of Bessborough, new Governor-General of Canada, and his Countess (their first official appearance); Hanford MacNider, U. S. Minister to Canada. Prime Minister Bennett gave his sister away, presented her with...
...this event," continued the new Governor General, "a bright omen of our success; brighter, perhaps, than that augured by the North Atlantic weather we encountered. . . . But I deplore the fact that Lady Bessborough and myself will be deprived of the distinguished services of Miss Bennett in making contacts in Canada...
Miss Bennett (warmly reassuring Lord Bessborough): So nice of you to say that! But I shall remain in Ottawa after my marriage for several months before going to Washington...
Because of Lady Bessborough's frail health, the special train of the Governor General proceeded by fits & starts from Halifax to Ottawa (958 miles), halting at sundown, speeding...