Henry William Stisted

Sir Henry William Stisted, KCB (* 1817 in Saint- Omer, France, † December 10 1875 in Upper Norwood, Surrey ) was a British officer and colonial administrator. From 1867 to 1868, he served as First Vice- Governor of the Canadian province of Ontario.

Biography

Stisted hit like his father, a military career and studied at the Military Academy Sandhurst. In 1835 he joined the British army and was promoted several times, up to the rank of major general in 1864. He served in Afghanistan, Persia and British India. In 1857 he commanded the vanguard of Henry Havelock's troops at the siege of Lucknow. Later he was stationed at the northwest Indian border.

In November 1866 Stisted was appointed commander of the British troops in the province of Canada. He moved to Toronto and took command on 1 January 1867. Additionally, he served from July 1, 1867 as the first deputy governor of the newly established province of Ontario. The most important task in this representative office was the appointment of the first Prime Minister of the province, John Sandfield Macdonald. Already on July 15, 1868 William Pearce Howland Stisted stepped to follow. He stayed a year in Toronto, took over for a short time a command in Quebec and eventually returned to the UK.