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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| Preceded by: Edmund Walker Head |
Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick 1854-61 |
Succeeded by: Arthur Hamilton-Gordon |
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Governor of Trinidad 1864-66 |
Succeeded by: ' |
| Preceded by: Sir Charles Darling |
Governor of Victoria 1866-73 |
Succeeded by: Sir George Bowen |
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| Preceded by: Charles Manners-Sutton |
Viscount Canterbury 1869-1877 |
Succeeded by: Henry Manners-Sutton |
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