Edmund Walker Head
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Sir Edmund Walker Head (February 16, 1805 & ndash; January 28, 1868) was British colonial administrator. He was simultaneously Governor General of the Province of Canada and Lieutenant Governor of Canada West and Canada East (1854-1861) and formerly Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick. He was an Oxford scholar and tutor who published several books.
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- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online (http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=38612)
| Preceded by: The Earl of Elgin | Governor General of the Province of Canada 1854–1861 | Succeeded by: The Viscount Monck |
| Preceded by: Sir William Colebrooke | Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick 1848–1854 | Succeeded by: Sir John Manners-Sutton |