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Title

Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy fonds [textual record, graphic material]. 

Fonds consists of

2 lower level description(s)

Arrangement structure

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Accession

Julian Hedworth George Byng, Viscount Byng of Vimy collection [graphic material]

Date(s)

1922-1943

Place of creation

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent

1.3 cm of textual records (52 p.) some photocopies.
1 photograph b&w.

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Fonds consists of correspondence pertaining to the constitutional issue of 1926, photocopy, 1926-1943, 1 cm; and addresses given during Lord Byng's term as Governor General, 1922-1926, 0.3 cm. The material consists of originals, 9 pages; photocopies, 43 pages. Volumes 2 to 10 are in horizontal storage. Volume 2 is a resolution for world peace from the National Reform Association. Volumes 3-10 are addresses from Parliment to Byng regarding various subjects. The fonds also contains a photographic portrait of Byng.

Conditions of access

Textual records
90: Open
Volume
from 1 to 10
90: Open
Graphic (photo)
90: Open
Box
03394
90: Open
Textual records: microform
Restrictions not set
Microfilm reel
C-39555
Restrictions not set
Archival reference no.
R4376-0-9-E
Former archival reference no.
MG27-IIIA2

Terms of use

Photograph: No restrictions. Copyright expired. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy negative no.

Finding aid

No finding aid

Creator / Provenance

Byng, Julian Hedworth George Byng, 1862-1935. Viscount,

Additional name(s)

National Reform Association (1923: Pittsburgh, Penn.)

Biography / Administrative history

Lord Byng, born in 1862 at Wrotham Park, England, was Canada's twelfth Governor General, 1921-1926. During World War I, he commanded the Canadian Corps, 1916, directed the attack on Vimy Ridge, 1917, and was promoted to Command the British 3rd Army.

He became Governor General of Canada in 1921, marking the first time the Canadian government had been formally consulted about the selection of a governor general. However, in 1926, Lord Byng refused W.L.M. King's request for a dissolution of Parliament. This precipitated the King-Byng Affair.

Lord Byng's last major appointment was as Chief Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police, England, 1928-1931.

See also: Cowan, John, Canada's Governors-General, Toronto: York Publishing Co. Limited, 1965, and The Canadian Encyclopedia, 1985.

Additional information

Copies of correspondence held by Government House were received in 1962.

Availability of other formats note
Copy negative no. C-39555.

Subject heading

1. Governors general - Canada, 1922-1943
2. Great Britain. Her Majesty the Queen Mother, 1926.
3. Byng of Vimy, Julian Hedworth George Byng, Viscount - Correspondence, 1922-1943
4. Resolution for World Peace (Pittsburgh, Penn.), 1923.
5. Constitutional Crisis,1926, 1926-1943
6. Presbyterian Church in Canada. General Assembly (1925: Toronto, Ont.), 1925.
7. Speeches, addresses, etc., Canadian, [1922-1943]
8. Governors general - Canada - Messages, 1922-1926.
9. Speech from the Throne - Canada, 1922-1943.
10. Politique et gouvernement
11. Canada
12. Politics and government
13. National Reform Association (1923: Pittsburgh, Penn.)

Source

Private

Other system control no.

MAINS21744

Related control no.

1937-514 NPC

MIKAN no.

103217