Leonard Outerbridge
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Colonel The Honourable Sir Leonard Cecil Outerbridge |
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| 2nd Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland | |
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In office September 15, 1949 – December 16, 1957 |
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| Monarch |
George VI Elizabeth II |
| Governor General |
The Viscount Alexander of Tunis Vincent Massey |
| Premier | Joey Smallwood |
| Preceded by | Albert Walsh |
| Succeeded by | Campbell Macpherson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 6, 1888 Asheville, North Carolina |
| Died | September 6, 1986 (aged 98) St. John's, NL |
| Alma mater | Marlborough College, University of Toronto |
Sir Leonard Cecil Outerbridge, CC CBE DSO CD (May 6, 1888 – September 6, 1986) was the second Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland from 1949 to 1957. In 1967, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.
Leonard Outerbridge was born in Asheville, North Carolina, on May 6, 1888, the son of Bermudians Sir Joseph Outerbridge and Maria Harvey Outerbridge (born Tucker), who were residents of Newfoundland. He was educated at Bishop Feild College in St. John's, Marlborough College in England, and finished a law degree at the University of Toronto where he was a Member of Alpha Delta Phi.
Outerbridge served in the Canadian forces, during the Great War, reaching the rank of Colonel. After the war he worked as a lawyer in Toronto for a year before returning to St. John's to help his brother, Herbert, manage Harvey and Company Ltd.
From 1923-24, Outerbridge was president of the Newfoundland Board of Trade, and in 1925 headed the Charity Organization Bureau. From 1930-1944, he was honorary private secretary to successive governors. For the last three years of the Second World War, Outerbridge volunteered full-time as director of Civil Defence, supervising the Air Raids Precaution Team.
During the second referendum in 1948, Outerbridge was one of a group of Water Street merchants who supported confederation. In 1949, he succeeded Sir Albert Walsh, who was installed on a temporary basis, as the second lieutenant-governor of Newfoundland.
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