Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch from London
Lytton, Edward George Earle Bulwer to Douglas, James 24 September 1858, LAC RG7:G8C/6, 207.
No. 25
Downing Street,
24 September 1858
Sir,
You will have observed that the Letters Patent which appoints you
to be Governor of British Columbia contemplates the appointment also of
a "Lieutenant Governor" or other Officer commissioned by Her Majesty to
administerthe
the Government of the Colony in the event of your "Death,
incapacity, removal, or absence, from the said Colony."
the Government of the Colony in the event of your "Death,
incapacity, removal, or absence, from the said Colony."
The position and experience of Colonel Moody point him out as the most fitting person to hold the dormant Commission of Lieutenant
Governor, and I have, accordingly, advised Her Majesty to confer thatappointment
appointment upon him.
appointment upon him.
I enclose for your information Copy of the Commission1 which has
been given to Colonel Moody.
Footnotes
- = Moody's Commission, Lt Gov. Cf. Douglas to Lytton, No. 47, 9 December 1858, 1063, CO 60/1, p. 506.