Frederick Francis Mathers

Frederick Francis Mathers
Frederick Francis Mathers
18th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
	In office; May 31, 1940 – June 29, 1942
Monarch	George VI
Governor General	The Earl of Athlone
Premier	Angus Lewis Macdonald; A. S. MacMillan
Preceded by	Robert Irwin
Succeeded by	Henry Ernest Kendall
Personal details
Born	October 17, 1871; Saint John, New Brunswick
Died	June 29, 1947 (aged 75); Halifax, Nova Scotia
Nationality	Canadian
Spouse	Margaret Ethel Bligh (m. 1899)
Alma mater	Dalhousie Law School; Harvard Law School
Occupation	Lawyer
Profession	Politician, 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

^ ^a ^b Normandin, A L (1941). Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1941.
^ "Lieutenant Governors of the Province of Nova Scotia since Confederation". Archived from the original on 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
^ "Scottish Rifles". Archived from the original on 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2009-10-10.

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[normandin-1] 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". Archived from the original on 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2009-10-10.

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