Name/Title
1956 - 27 May - Original Trooping The Colour program - brochureScope and Content
For Museum records only - Part of the Lieutenant Michael A. Hayes-Rivet (MHR) Trust Collection *** FOR ARCHIVE PURPOSES ONLY - ARTIFACT NOT PART OF MUSEUM COLLECTION ***
1956 - 27 May - Original Trooping The Colour program - 4-page programme brochure highlighting the events and activities of the 1956 Trooping of the Colour by both CGG commanded by Lieutenant- Colonel Ivan P. Phelan, MC, ED, AdeC and GGFG in Ottawa, Ontario. The reviewing Dignitary was HE The Right Honourable Vincent Massey, PC, CH. DCL. LLD. - Honourary Colonel of CGG
ABOUT HE THE RIGHT HONOURABLE VINVENT MASSEY - COLONEL CGG
HE Colonel Vincent Massey was born into an influential Toronto family and was educated in Ontario and England, obtaining a degree in history and befriending future prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King while studying at the University of Oxford. He was commissioned into the military in 1917 for the remainder of the First World War and, after a brief stint in the Canadian Cabinet, began his diplomatic career, serving in envoys to the United States and United Kingdom. Upon his return to Canada in 1946, Massey headed a royal commission on the arts between 1949 and 1951, which resulted in the Massey Report and subsequently the establishment of the National Library of Canada and the Canada Council of the Arts, among other grant-giving agencies. In 1952 he was appointed Governor General by King George VI on the recommendation of Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent, to replace the Viscount Alexander of Tunis as viceroy, and he occupied the post until succeeded by Georges Vanier in 1959.Created By
Lieutenant Michael Hayes-Rivet, retired.Create Date
April 17, 2026Updated By
Lieutenant Michael Hayes-Rivet, retired.Update Date
June 20, 2026
