Edmund Walker Head

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Sir Edmund Walker Head, 8th Baronet, KCB (Wiarton Place, near Maidstone February 16, 1805 – January 28, 1868 London) was British colonial administrator. He was simultaneously Governor General of the Province of Canada and Lieutenant Governor of Canada West and Canada East (1854-1861) and formerly Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick. He was an Oxford scholar and tutor who published several books.

While Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, Head authorized the creation of an engineering faculty at the University of New Brunswick. This was the first such programme in what would become Canada. In his honour, the buildings housing this faculty at UNB are called Head Hall. The city of Edmundston, New Brunswick was named after him.

[edit] See also

• List of Lieutenant Governors of Ontario
• List of Lieutenant Governors of Quebec

[edit] External links

• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

Government offices
Preceded by The Earl of Elgin	Governor General of the Province of Canada 1854–1861	Succeeded by The Viscount Monck
Baronetage of England
Preceded by John Head	Baronet (of The Hermitage) 1838–1868	Succeeded by Extinct

v • d • e Lieutenant Governors of Ontario Post-Confederation (1867-present) Stisted • Howland • Crawford • D.A. Macdonald • J.B. Robinson • Campbell • Kirkpatrick • Gzowski • Mowat • Clark • Gibson • Hendrie • Clarke • Cockshutt • Ross • Mulock • H.A. Bruce • Matthews • Lawson • Breithaupt • MacKay • Rowe • W.R. Macdonald • McGibbon • Aird • Alexander • Jackman • Weston • Bartleman • Onley Province of Canada (1841-1866)* Clitherow • Jackson • Bagot • Metcalfe • Cathcart • J. Bruce • E.W. Head • Monck Upper Canada (1791-1841) Simcoe • Russell • Hunter • Grant • Gore • Brock • Sheaffe • de Rottenburg • Drummond • Murray • F.P. Robinson • Smith • Maitland • Colborne • F.B. Head • Arthur • Sydenham British Province of Quebec (1759-1791)* Amherst • Murray • Carleton • Haldimand • Carleton (2nd Time) * The Crown's representative from 1759 to 1791, and from 1841 to 1866 held the office and rank of Governor-General

v • d • e Lieutenant Governors of New Brunswick Post-Confederation (1867-present) Doyle • Harding • L. Wilmot • Tilley • Chandler • R. Wilmot • Tilley • Boyd • Fraser • McClelan • Snowball • Tweedie • Wood • Ganong • Pugsley • Todd • McLean • M. MacLaren • Clark • D. MacLaren • O'Brien • McNair • Bird • Robichaud • Stanley • Finn • McCain • Counsell • Chiasson Governors before Confederation (1786-1866) Carleton • Smyth • Douglas • Campbell • Harvey • Colebrooke • Head • Manners-Sutton • Hamilton-Gordon