Frank C. Lynch-Staunton

The Honourable Francis Charles "Frank" Lynch-Staunton
11th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
In office 1979–1985
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Ralph Steinhauer
Succeeded by	Helen Hunley
Personal details
Born	March 8, 1905(1905-03-08) Pincher Creek, Alberta
Died	September 25, 1990(1990-09-25) (aged 85) Edmonton, Alberta

Francis Charles "Frank" Lynch-Staunton, AOE (March 8, 1905 – September 25, 1990) was the 11th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta from 1979 to 1985.

Biography

Born in Pincher Creek, Alberta, the son of Richard Lynch-Staunton and Isabelle Mary Wilson, he attended Western Canadian College in Calgary from 1919 to 1922. From 1923 to 1927, he studied engineering at the University of Alberta. In 1929, he married Monica Adam. They had three children: Betty Lowe, Marina Field, and Hugh. After her death in 1976, he married Muriel B. Shaw in 1983. He published his autobiography, Greener Pastures: The Memoirs of F. Lynch-Staunton, in 1987. Frank Lynch-Staunton died in Edmonton after suffering a stroke in 1990, aged 85.^[1]

References

^ "Frank Lynch-Staunton Ex-lieutenant-governor hailed as 'real Albertan'". The Globe and Mail. 1990-09-27.

External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta biography

Lieutenant Governors of Alberta

Bulyea Brett Egbert Walsh Primrose Bowen Bowlen Page MacEwan Steinhauer Lynch-Staunton Hunley Towers Olson Hole Kwong Ethell

Persondata
Name	Lynchstaunton, Frank C.
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Short description
Date of birth	March 8, 1905
Place of birth	Pincher Creek, Alberta
Date of death	September 25, 1990
Place of death	Edmonton, Alberta