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3 unusual facts about Lord Sydenham


Lord Sydenham

George Clarke, 1st Baron Sydenham of Combe (1848 – 1933), British colonial administrator and Army officer

Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham (1799 - 1841), British politician and first Governor of the united Province of Canada

Municipal government in Canada

The ideas from this law were transferred to Canada by Lord Durham, who submitted a report to then-Governor-General, Lord Sydenham.


Decimalisation

In 1841, the united Province of Canada's Governor General, Lord Sydenham, argued for establishment of a bank that would issue dollar currency (the Canadian dollar).

John Clitherow

In 1841, he was transferred to Canada West to command British forces there and was made governor by Lord Sydenham.


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