He was the governor general of Canada 130 years ago. Sir Frederick Arthur Stanley would long since have been lost to history were it not for one thing: He ponied up 10 guineas for a trophy. Stanley was born in 1841 in London, the son of the Earl of Derby, a three-time prime minister. Then in 1888, Queen Victoria named him governor general of Canada. Lord Stanley, who was just under six feet, arrived in Canada to little fanfare wearing a black suit with a Prince Albert coat.

Source: New York Times May 28, 2018 16:18 UTC