Word: willingdon
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...MacDonald and Mr. King shook hands as absolute equals, colleagues under the Crown. Loud pealed the carillon in the great Gothic peace tower of Canada's Parliament House. Smartly Scot MacDonald was driven to be received by the personal representative of George V in Canada, vice-regal Viscount Willingdon (salary $50,000*). After luncheon chubby, jovial astute Mr. King suggested a motor ride, 25 miles out into the Gatineau hills to "Kingsmere," his country home. There, as with President Hoover beside the rushing Rapidan, Mr. MacDonald found an open hearth, a crackling log fire. Canadians hoped that during...
...Majesty's Governor General, slender, serene, punctilious Viscount Willingdon, began last week to enjoy a brief spring holiday on the Pacific coast of Canada, some 2,200 miles from Ottawa, his Capitol...
Traveling by special train, yet with studied informality, Lord and Lady Willingdon arranged to receive, when they reached Vancouver last week, merely a simple greeting from Mayor Louis Taylor instead of an expensive formal welcome. Further to spare Vancouver all expense, they slept each night aboard their train...
Engaged. Caryl Nicholas Charles Hardinge, 22, fourth Viscount Hardinge and aide-de-camp to Lord Willingdon, Governor General of Canada, and Miss Margot Fleming, of Wynwards, Rockliffe Park, Ottawa, granddaughter of Sir Sandford Fleming, one of the builders of the Canadian Pacific...
...bogey" kept alive by Canadian alarmists. He lunched with Prime Minister King, dined with U. S. Minister William Phillips. At a state dinner given by the Government, he bespoke "rivalry without bitterness" and proceeded to a reception given by Governor-General and Viscountess Willingdon. Returning home after four days, he brought a thorough going invitation to President Coolidge to visit Canada...