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'''Sir Edmund Walker Head, 8th Baronet''', [[Order of the Bath|KCB]] (16 February 1805 – 28 January 1868) was a 19th-century [[United Kingdom|British]] politician and diplomat.
'''Sir Edmund Walker Head, 8th Baronet''', [[Order of the Bath|KCB]] (16 February 1805 – 28 January 1868) was a 19th-century [[United Kingdom|British]] politician and diplomat.


==Early life and scholarship==
==Life==
He was born at Wiarton Place, near [[Maidstone]], Kent, the son of the Reverend Sir John Head, 7th Bt. and Jane (née Walker) Head.<ref name=DCB>{{DictCanbio|ID=4490}}</ref> He was educated at [[Winchester College]] and [[Oriel College, Oxford]], and in 1830 he was made a Fellow of [[Merton College, Oxford|Merton College]].<ref name=DCB /> He succeeded to his father's title in 1838. He was an Oxford [[scholar]] and [[tutor]] who published several books.


Head was born at Wiarton Place, near [[Maidstone]], Kent, the son of the Reverend Sir John Head, 7th Bt. and Jane (née Walker) Head.<ref name=DCB>{{cite DCB |title=Head, Sir Edmund Walker |first=James A. |last=Gibson |volume=9 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/head_edmund_walker_9E.html}}</ref> He succeeded to his father's title in 1838.
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He was simultaneously [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] of the [[Province of Canada]], and [[Lieutenant Governor]] of both [[Canada West]] and [[Canada East]] (1854–1861). He had previously been Lieutenant-Governor of [[New Brunswick]] (1847–1854).<ref>{{cite news|title=From the LONDON GAZETTE, Tuesday, Oct. 26.|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxford&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS67272027&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|accessdate=16 May 2013|newspaper=The Times|date=27 October 1847|page=4|quote=The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Edmund Walker Head, Bart., to be Lieutenant-Governor of the province of New Brunswick.}}</ref>


He was appointed a [[Privy Councillor]] in 1857, and knighted [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]] in 1860.<ref>{{cite news|title=Court Circular|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxford&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS119707537&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|accessdate=16 May 2013|newspaper=The Times|date=17 December 1860|page=7}}</ref> He was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] in 1863.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=1&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27head%27%29 |title= Library and Archive Catalogue| publisher= Royal Society| accessdate= !3 November 2010}}</ref>
He was educated at [[Winchester College]] and [[Oriel College, Oxford]], and in 1830 he was made a Fellow of [[Merton College, Oxford|Merton College]].<ref name=DCB /> He was an Oxford [[scholar]] and [[tutor]] who published several books, including a book on the verbs [[Shall and will|''shall'' and ''will'']].<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Head, Sir Edmund Walker |volume= 13 |short= x}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_American_Language.djvu/160|title=Page:The American Language.djvu/160 - Wikisource, the free online library|website=en.wikisource.org|access-date=22 March 2020}}</ref> In 1866, Head published ''[[Víga-Glúms saga|The Story of Viga Glum]]'', which he had translated from the original [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Head|first=Sir Edmund|title=The Story of Viga-Glum |url=https://archive.org/details/vigaglumssagast00headgoog|year=1866|publisher=Williams and Norgate}}</ref> He was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] in 1863.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=1&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27head%27%29 |title=Library and Archive Catalogue |publisher=Royal Society |access-date=13 November 2010 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


==Government service==
In 1866, Head published ''[[Víga-Glúms saga|The Story of Viga Glum]]'', which he had translated from the original [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Head|first=Sir Edmund|title=Viga Glum's Saga|year=1866|publisher=Williams & Norgate|location=London}}</ref>
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In 1847, Head was appointed [[Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick]] (1847–1854).<ref>{{cite news|title=From the LONDON GAZETTE, Tuesday, Oct. 26.|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxford&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS67272027&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|access-date=16 May 2013|newspaper=The Times|date=27 October 1847|page=4|quote=The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Edmund Walker Head, Bart., to be Lieutenant-Governor of the province of New Brunswick.}}</ref>


While [[Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick]], Head authorized the creation of an [[engineering]] faculty at the [[University of New Brunswick]] (UNB). 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sir Edmund Head Hall|url=http://unbarchivesandspecialcollections.wikispaces.com/Sir+Edmund+Head+Hall|publisher=UNB Archives & Special Collections|accessdate=16 May 2013}}</ref> The city of [[Edmundston]], New Brunswick, was named after him.<ref>{{cite web|title=Heritage and Culture|url=http://edmundston.ca/en/notre-ville/historique-et-culture|publisher=Ville d'Edmundston|accessdate=16 May 2013}}</ref> In the county of Renfrew, a township of [[Head, Clara and Maria|Head]] was named in his honour. He died in London in 1868.
While Lieutenant Governor, Head authorized the creation of an [[engineering]] faculty at the [[University of New Brunswick]] (UNB). This was the first such programme in what would become [[Canada]].

In 1854, Head was appointed [[Governor General of the Province of Canada|Governor General]] of the [[Province of Canada]].<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/6423/page/813 ''The Edinburgh Gazette'', September 22, 1854, Numb. 6423, p. 813.]</ref> He served until 1861. During his time in office, there was some controversy over his refusal to grant a dissolution to the Reform ministry at the time of the "[[Double Shuffle (Canadian political episode)|Double Shuffle]]".<ref>[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/double-shuffle David Mills, "Double Shuffle", ''Canadian Encyclopedia'', July 7, 2015.]</ref>

He was appointed a [[Privy Councillor]] in 1857, and [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]] in 1860.<ref>{{cite news|title=Court Circular|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxford&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS119707537&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|access-date=16 May 2013|newspaper=The Times|date=17 December 1860|page=7}}</ref>

Head died in London in 1868.


==Family==
==Family==
[[File:Lady Anna Maria Head.jpg|thumb|left|Lady Anna Maria Head (née Yorke)]]
[[File:Lady Anna Maria Head.jpg|thumb|left|Lady Anna Maria Head (née Yorke)]]
He had married Anna Maria Yorke, daughter of Reverend Philip Yorke Prebendary of Ely, and his wife, Hon. Anna Maria Cocks, daughter of [[John Cocks, 1st Earl Somers]], on 27 November 1838. Anna Maria was born in 1808. The couple had three children. One son accidentally drowned in [[Quebec]]'s [[Saint-Maurice River]] in September, 1859. One of their two daughters was born at [[Fredericton]], New Brunswick on 6 February 1849.
He had married Anna Maria Yorke, daughter of Reverend Philip Yorke Prebendary of Ely, and his wife, Hon. Anna Maria Cocks, daughter of [[John Cocks, 1st Earl Somers]], on 27 November 1838. Anna Maria was born in 1808. The couple had three children. Their son accidentally drowned in [[Quebec]]'s [[Saint-Maurice River]] in September 1859. One of their two daughters was born at [[Fredericton]], New Brunswick on 6 February 1849.


Anna Maria was an artist, who sketched a picture of the view from [[Major's Hill Park|Major's Hill]], [[Ottawa]], Ontario which she subsequently presented to [[Queen Victoria]]. Within a month or two after this event Her Majesty chose Ottawa as the seat of Government of United Canada. Lady Head volunteered and bestowed alms among the poor. A memorial of her Ladyship's visit to the Upper Ottawa, in a bark canoe, in 1856, stands at [[Portage-du-Fort, Quebec|Portage-du-Fort]], Quebec. In the county of Renfrew, a township [[Head, Clara and Maria|Maria]], was named in her honour. Lady Head died at Oak Lea, Shere, Guildford, England, 25 August 1890.<ref>{{cite news|title=Deaths|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxford&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS17224475&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|accessdate=16 May 2013|newspaper=The Times|date=27 August 1890|page=1}}</ref><ref>Morgan, Henry James Types of Canadian women and of women who are or have been connected with Canada : (Toronto, 1903) [https://archive.org/details/typesofcanadianw01morguoft]</ref>
Anna Maria was an artist, who sketched a picture of the view from [[Major's Hill Park|Major's Hill]], [[Ottawa]], Ontario which she subsequently presented to [[Queen Victoria]]. Within a month or two after this event Her Majesty chose Ottawa as the seat of Government of United Canada. Lady Head volunteered and bestowed alms among the poor. A memorial of her Ladyship's visit to the Upper Ottawa, in a bark canoe, in 1856, stands at [[Portage-du-Fort, Quebec|Portage-du-Fort]], Quebec. In the county of Renfrew, a township [[Head, Clara and Maria|Maria]], was named in her honour. Lady Head died at Oak Lea, Shere, Guildford, England, 25 August 1890.<ref>{{cite news|title=Deaths|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxford&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS17224475&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0|access-date=16 May 2013|newspaper=The Times|date=27 August 1890|page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Morgan |editor-first=Henry James |editor-link=Henry James Morgan |title=Types of Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected with Canada |location=Toronto |publisher=Williams Briggs |date=1903 |url=https://archive.org/details/typesofcanadianw01morguoft |page=[https://archive.org/details/typesofcanadianw01morguoft/page/153 153]}}</ref>
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==Legacy==
* Sir Edmund Head Hall is the name of the engineering building at the University of New Brunswick.<ref>[https://unbhistory.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Sir_Edmund_Head_Hall UNB Archives and Special Collections: Sir Edmund Head Hall]</ref>
* [[Edmundston]], New Brunswick, is named after him.<ref>[https://edmundston.ca/en/notre-ville/histoire-et-culture Edmundston: Heritage and Culture]</ref>
* The united township of [[Head, Clara and Maria]] in [[Renfrew County]], Ontario was named in honour of Head and his wife.
* [[Mount Head (Alberta)|Mount Head]] in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta is named after him.


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick|List of Lieutenant Governors of New Brunswick]]
* [[Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick|List of lieutenant governors of New Brunswick]]
* [[Governor-General of the Province of Canada|List of governors general of the Province of Canada]]
* [[List of Lieutenant Governors of Ontario]]
* [[List of Lieutenant Governors of Quebec]]


== References ==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/sir-edmund-walker-head-18051868-222434 Portrait of Sir Edmund Walker Head by Henry Weigall on the BBC Your Paintings website]
* [https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/sir-edmund-walker-head-18051868-222434 Portrait of Sir Edmund Walker Head by Henry Weigall on the Art UK Your Paintings website]


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Sir
Edmund Walker Head
Bt KCB
George Theodore Berthon's Sir Edmund Walker Head, 8th Baronet
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
In office
1848–1854
MonarchVictoria
Preceded byWilliam MacBean George Colebrooke
Succeeded byJohn Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury
Governor General of the Province of Canada
In office
1854–1861
MonarchVictoria
Preceded byJames Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
Succeeded byCharles Monck, 4th Viscount Monck
Personal details
Born(1805-02-16)16 February 1805
Wiarton Place, near Maidstone, England
Died28 January 1868(1868-01-28) (aged 62)
London, England
SpouseLady Anna Maria Head (née Yorke)

Sir Edmund Walker Head, 8th Baronet, KCB (16 February 1805 – 28 January 1868) was a 19th-century British politician and diplomat.

Early life and scholarship[edit]

Head was born at Wiarton Place, near Maidstone, Kent, the son of the Reverend Sir John Head, 7th Bt. and Jane (née Walker) Head.[1] He succeeded to his father's title in 1838.

He was educated at Winchester College and Oriel College, Oxford, and in 1830 he was made a Fellow of Merton College.[1] He was an Oxford scholar and tutor who published several books, including a book on the verbs shall and will.[2][3] In 1866, Head published The Story of Viga Glum, which he had translated from the original Icelandic.[4] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1863.[5]

Government service[edit]

In 1847, Head was appointed Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (1847–1854).[6]

While Lieutenant Governor, Head authorized the creation of an engineering faculty at the University of New Brunswick (UNB). This was the first such programme in what would become Canada.

In 1854, Head was appointed Governor General of the Province of Canada.[7] He served until 1861. During his time in office, there was some controversy over his refusal to grant a dissolution to the Reform ministry at the time of the "Double Shuffle".[8]

He was appointed a Privy Councillor in 1857, and Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1860.[9]

Head died in London in 1868.

Family[edit]

Lady Anna Maria Head (née Yorke)

He had married Anna Maria Yorke, daughter of Reverend Philip Yorke Prebendary of Ely, and his wife, Hon. Anna Maria Cocks, daughter of John Cocks, 1st Earl Somers, on 27 November 1838. Anna Maria was born in 1808. The couple had three children. Their son accidentally drowned in Quebec's Saint-Maurice River in September 1859. One of their two daughters was born at Fredericton, New Brunswick on 6 February 1849.

Anna Maria was an artist, who sketched a picture of the view from Major's Hill, Ottawa, Ontario which she subsequently presented to Queen Victoria. Within a month or two after this event Her Majesty chose Ottawa as the seat of Government of United Canada. Lady Head volunteered and bestowed alms among the poor. A memorial of her Ladyship's visit to the Upper Ottawa, in a bark canoe, in 1856, stands at Portage-du-Fort, Quebec. In the county of Renfrew, a township Maria, was named in her honour. Lady Head died at Oak Lea, Shere, Guildford, England, 25 August 1890.[10][11]

Legacy[edit]

  • Sir Edmund Head Hall is the name of the engineering building at the University of New Brunswick.[12]
  • Edmundston, New Brunswick, is named after him.[13]
  • The united township of Head, Clara and Maria in Renfrew County, Ontario was named in honour of Head and his wife.
  • Mount Head in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta is named after him.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Gibson, James A. (1976). "Head, Sir Edmund Walker". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IX (1861–1870) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
  2. ^ "Head, Sir Edmund Walker" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). 1911.
  3. ^ "Page:The American Language.djvu/160 - Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  4. ^ Head, Sir Edmund (1866). The Story of Viga-Glum. Williams and Norgate.
  5. ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 13 November 2010.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "From the LONDON GAZETTE, Tuesday, Oct. 26". The Times. 27 October 1847. p. 4. Retrieved 16 May 2013. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Edmund Walker Head, Bart., to be Lieutenant-Governor of the province of New Brunswick.
  7. ^ The Edinburgh Gazette, September 22, 1854, Numb. 6423, p. 813.
  8. ^ David Mills, "Double Shuffle", Canadian Encyclopedia, July 7, 2015.
  9. ^ "Court Circular". The Times. 17 December 1860. p. 7. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  10. ^ "Deaths". The Times. 27 August 1890. p. 1. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  11. ^ Morgan, Henry James, ed. (1903). Types of Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected with Canada. Toronto: Williams Briggs. p. 153.
  12. ^ UNB Archives and Special Collections: Sir Edmund Head Hall
  13. ^ Edmundston: Heritage and Culture

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Baronetage of England
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