Lieutenant-General Sir Henry William Stisted, Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, served as the first Lieutenant Governor of Ontario after Confederation, from 1867 to 1868.
Background
Born 1817, at Street-Omer, France, to Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Stisted (1786–1842) of the 3rd The King"s Own Hussars, by his wife Eliza Maria (b 1787 Bengal, India, d 1822 Ipswich, United Kingdom,) daughter of Major-General William Burn (c 1745–1814) of Exeter, Devon.
Education
Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Career
He commanded the advanced guard of Havelock"s force at the relief of Lucknow, 25 September 1857, when, upon the death in battle of Brigadier-general James George Smith Neill, he was appointed to command the first brigade. That post he held until the close of the operations, when on 1 January 1858 he was nominated C.B. In that year he served also in Rohilcund, and commanded the second brigade at the battle of Bareilly on 7 May.
He became lieutenant-colonel of the 93rd foot on 30 September 1859, and served with the field force against the mountain tribes on the north-west frontier of India in December 1863. He was appointed Major General in 1864 and divisional commander of British forces in Canada in 1866 and appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ontario in June 1867.
He was instrumental in opening up the northern part of the province for development.
Foreign his services in this capacity he received the thanks of the governor-general of Canada, and was nominated a Knight Commander of the Bath on 20 May 1871. On 5 February 1873 he was appointed a lieutenant-general, and was nominated colonel of the 93rd foot on 28 September 1873.
He died at Wood House, Upper Norwood, Surrey, on 10 December 1875. Their daughter, Georgiana Martha Stisted (1846–1903), published The True Life of Captain Sir Richard Burton.
He was buried at West Norwood Cemetery, London, and is the only Lieutenant Governor of Ontario not buried in Canada.