John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury

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John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury, GCMG, KB (1814–1877), was an English nobleman and politician.

The son of Charles Manners-Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury, he was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating with a MA in 1835. He served as Member of Parliament for Cambridge from 1841-7 and for Newark from 1847 to 1852. He was Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department from 1841-6 in Robert Peel's administration. He later served as Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick from 1854-61, Governor of Trinidad from 1864-6, and Governor of Victoria from 1866-73.

He was appointed a KCB in 1866 and a GCMG in 1873.

He succeeded to the title Viscount Canterbury in 1869.

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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
Government offices
Preceded by
'		 Governor of Trinidad
1864-66		 Succeeded by
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Preceded by
Sir Charles Darling		 Governor of Victoria
1866-73		 Succeeded by
Sir George Bowen
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Charles Manners-Sutton		 Viscount Canterbury
1869-1877		 Succeeded by
Henry Manners-Sutton
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