Vincent Massey
Governor General of Canada (1887-1967) · Canada · Politicians · Died at 80
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Something wrong?Charles Vincent Massey was a Canadian diplomat and statesman who served as the 18th governor general of Canada from 1952 to 1959. Massey was the first governor general of Canada to be born in Canada.
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1967Died30 December 19671960Royal Victorian ChainAward1959Albert MedalAward1952Honorary Doctorate at the Laval UniversityAward1887Born20 February 1887
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The Gate House of Burwash Hall, a residence of Victoria College donated by Massey's father, and where Massey served as the first Dean of Men
Massey (right), William Phillips (left), and Charles Lindbergh outside Rideau Hall in July 1927![A satirical cartoon created by J. E. H. MacDonald to mark the appointment of Massey as Canadian minister to the United States, and presented to Massey on February 5, 1927{{cite web| url=http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=2837667&rec_nbr_list=140417,2876845,7771,2842110,22070,2896005,2837667,2204949,2186022,3198738&back_url=(http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac-bac/result/arch.php?FormName=Fed+Simple+Search&SourceQuery=&PageNum=1&SortSpec=score+desc&Language=eng&SearchIn_1=&SearchInText_1=massey+vincent&Operator_1=AND&SearchIn_2=&SearchInText_2=&Operator_2=AND&SearchIn_3=&SearchInText_3=&Sources_1=amicus&Sources_2=mikan&Sources_3=genapp&Sources_4=web&soundex=on&cainInd=0&ResultCount=10&MaxDocs=-1&Sources=mikan)| last=Library and Archives Canada| title=MIKAN ID 2837667| publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada| access-date=March 17, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722195848/http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=2837667&rec_nbr_list=140417%2C2876845%2C7771%2C2842110%2C22070%2C2896005%2C2837667%2C2204949%2C2186022%2C3198738&back_url=%28http%3A%2F%2Fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2Flac-bac%2Fresult%2Farch.php%3FFormName%3DFed+Simple+Search&SourceQuery=&PageNum=1&SortSpec=score+desc&Language=eng&SearchIn_1=&SearchInText_1=massey+vincent&Operator_1=AND&SearchIn_2=&SearchInText_2=&Operator_2=AND&SearchIn_3=&SearchInText_3=&Sources_1=amicus&Sources_2=mikan&Sources_3=genapp&Sources_4=web&soundex=on&cainInd=0&ResultCount=10&MaxDocs=-1&Sources=mikan%29| archive-date=July 22, 2011| url-status=dead| df=mdy-all}}"},"2":{"wt":"group=n"},"3":{"wt":"name=Comic"}},"i":0}}]}">[n 2]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Massey-cartoon.jpg/330px-Massey-cartoon.jpg)
A satirical cartoon created by J. E. H. MacDonald to mark the appointment of Massey as Canadian minister to the United States, and presented to Massey on February 5, 1927{{cite web| url=http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=2837667&rec_nbr_list=140417,2876845,7771,2842110,22070,2896005,2837667,2204949,2186022,3198738&back_url=(http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac-bac/result/arch.php?FormName=Fed+Simple+Search&SourceQuery=&PageNum=1&SortSpec=score+desc&Language=eng&SearchIn_1=&SearchInText_1=massey+vincent&Operator_1=AND&SearchIn_2=&SearchInText_2=&Operator_2=AND&SearchIn_3=&SearchInText_3=&Sources_1=amicus&Sources_2=mikan&Sources_3=genapp&Sources_4=web&soundex=on&cainInd=0&ResultCount=10&MaxDocs=-1&Sources=mikan)| last=Library and Archives Canada| title=MIKAN ID 2837667| publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada| access-date=March 17, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722195848/http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=2837667&rec_nbr_list=140417%2C2876845%2C7771%2C2842110%2C22070%2C2896005%2C2837667%2C2204949%2C2186022%2C3198738&back_url=%28http%3A%2F%2Fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2Flac-bac%2Fresult%2Farch.php%3FFormName%3DFed+Simple+Search&SourceQuery=&PageNum=1&SortSpec=score+desc&Language=eng&SearchIn_1=&SearchInText_1=massey+vincent&Operator_1=AND&SearchIn_2=&SearchInText_2=&Operator_2=AND&SearchIn_3=&SearchInText_3=&Sources_1=amicus&Sources_2=mikan&Sources_3=genapp&Sources_4=web&soundex=on&cainInd=0&ResultCount=10&MaxDocs=-1&Sources=mikan%29| archive-date=July 22, 2011| url-status=dead| df=mdy-all}}"},"2":{"wt":"group=n"},"3":{"wt":"name=Comic"}},"i":0}}]}">[n 2]
Justice Minister Ernest Lapointe with Canadian Ambassador to the United States Vincent Massey, and Quebec Premier Louis-Alexandre Taschereau at the White House in 1928
Massey (center) while serving as Chancellor of the University of Toronto
Massey (left) shares a laugh with an Inuk inhabitant of Frobisher Bay
Massey's grave siteAwards
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Dates
Lived 1887 to 1967 · aged 80
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