The township of Head was named in honour of Sir Edmund Walker Head, 8th Baronet who served as Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick 1847-1854 and Governor-General of Canada 1854-1861.
Sir | 8th United States Congress | Sir Walter Scott | baronet | Baronet | Edmund Burke | Walker, Texas Ranger | Walker Art Center | Edmund Spenser | Alice Walker | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Edmund Hillary | Edmund Wilson | 8th | Jerry Jeff Walker | Sir Robert Peel | head | head of state | Beavis and Butt-head | Walker | Edmund Husserl | Johnnie Walker | Alec Head | Walker Art Gallery | Scott Walker | Murray Head | Head Start | Anthony Head | Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet | Kara Walker |
The Bishop of Lincoln, John Kaye, appointed Evans since in 1829 the 8th Baronet was only a child of 13.