Monck Sir Charles Stanley Fourth Viscount 1819-1894 Born In

Ireland. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin; and called to the Irish

bar, 1841. Entered Parliament, 1852; lord of the treasury, 1855-1858. In

1861 appointed governor-general of Canada and British North America; in

1867 governor-general of the Dominion of Canada; in 1868 resigned

office, after successfully inaugurating Confederation. In 1869 appointed

a member of the Imperial Privy Council. =Index=: (George Brown Era) Attempts to s cure

a ministry, 149; proposes coalition government, 151; his keen interest

in the negotiations prior to Confederation, 157; writes George Brown

urging him to join Cabinet, 157-158. (Sir Georges E. Cartier era) Enlists Tache in task of

forming a Cabinet, on advice of Cartier, 68; correspondence in regard to

Cartier's refusal of the C. B. decoration, 125-128. (Sir John A Macdonald era)

Governor-general of Canada, 90; induces Brown to enter coalition

ministry, 121; calls on Macdonald to form a ministry, 122; impatient at

delay in Confederation, 123, 124; charges Macdonald with formation of a

government, 131; letter to, from Macdonald, in reference to election of

1872, 197. (Tilley era) Renders valuable assistance in Confederation scheme, 123;

entrusts Macdonald with formation of ministry, 128. =Bib.=: Dict. Nat.

Biog.; Dent, Can. Por. and Last Forty Years; Pope, Memoirs of Sir

John A. Macdonald.