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Frederick Francis Mathers

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Monarch
  
George V

Name
  
Frederick Mathers

Role
  
Attorney at law


Preceded by
  
Robert Irwin

Education
  
Harvard Law School

Nationality
  
Canadian

Premier
  
Angus Lewis Macdonald A. S. MacMillan

Born
  
October 17, 1871 Saint John, New Brunswick (
1871-10-17
)

Spouse(s)
  
Margaret Ethel Bligh (m. 1899)

Died
  
June 29, 1947, Halifax Regional Municipality, Canada

Governor General
  
The Earl of Athlone

Succeeded by
  
Henry Ernest Kendall

Frederick Francis Mathers (October 17, 1871 – June 29, 1947) was the 18th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from May 31, 1940 to November 17, 1942.

He was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, the son of Isaac Henry Mathers and Kathleen McDonnell, and was educated in Halifax, at Dalhousie Law School and Harvard Law School. In 1899, Mathers married Margaret Ethel Bligh. He was deputy provincial secretary from 1902 to 1918 and deputy attorney general from 1918 to 1940. He served in the "Scottish Rifles" Company in the First World War and as Honorary Colonel of the Rifles from 1942 until 1947.

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Frederick Francis Mathers Wikipedia