Musgrave, Sir Anthony National Historic Person
Victoria, British Columbia
Musgrave, Sir Anthony
(© Parks Canada)
Address :
Victoria, British Columbia
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1975-11-28
Life Date:
1828 to 1888
Other Name(s):
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Musgrave, Sir Anthony
(Designation Name)
Importance:
Governor of Newfoundland (1864-69) and British Columbia (1869-71), led British Columbia into Confederation
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: Victoria, British Columbia
A career Imperial civil servant, Anthony Musgrave served as governor of Newfoundland (1864-69) and British Columbia (1869-71). Both terms of office were marked by a strong personal effort to encourage the two colonies to unite with the new Canadian confederation, and it was under his direction that British Columbia entered the Dominion on July 20, 1871. Musgrave, who was knighted in 1875, subsequently held vice-regal office in Natal, South Australia, Jamaica, and Queensland where he died.