Frederick Francis Mathers
18th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
In office
May 31, 1940 – June 29, 1942
MonarchGeorge VI
Governor GeneralThe Earl of Athlone
PremierAngus Lewis Macdonald
A. S. MacMillan
Preceded byRobert Irwin
Succeeded byHenry Ernest Kendall
Personal details
Born(1871-10-17)October 17, 1871
Saint John, New Brunswick
DiedJune 29, 1947(1947-06-29) (aged 75)
Halifax, Nova Scotia
NationalityCanadian
Spouse
Margaret Ethel Bligh
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(m. 1899)​
Alma materDalhousie Law School
Harvard Law School
OccupationLawyer
ProfessionPolitician, Soldier

Frederick Francis Mathers (October 17, 1871[1] – June 29, 1947) was the 18th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from May 31, 1940, to November 17, 1942.[2]

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.[1] He served in the "Scottish Rifles" Company in the First World War and as Honorary Colonel of the Rifles from 1942 until 1947.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Normandin, A L (1941). Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1941.
  2. ^ "Lieutenant Governors of the Province of Nova Scotia since Confederation". Archived from the original on 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  3. ^ Scottish Rifles


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