The Honorable Robert Wellington MAYHEW
1880 - 1971 (90 years)-
Name Robert Wellington MAYHEW Prefix The Honorable Birth 13 Oct 1880 Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada 
[1, 2] Gender Male Death 28 Jul 1971 Victoria, Capital, British Columbia, Canada Burial Victoria, Capital, British Columbia, Canada Address:
Royal Oak Burial Park
Victoria, British ColumbiaPerson ID I86993365 Whitewater Region Early Families Last Modified 29 Apr 2025
Father Charles MAYHEW, b. Abt 1846, , Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada d. Bef 1933 (Age ~ 86 years) Mother Sarah DUNLOP, b. 21 Jul 1850, Horton Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 23 Apr 1933, Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years) Marriage 18 Oct 1868 , Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada Family ID F2799 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Grace Gertrude LOGAN, b. 21 Apr 1878, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada d. 2 Sep 1967, Victoria, Capital, British Columbia, Canada (Age 89 years) Marriage 26 Feb 1908 Children 1. Robert Logan MAYHEW 2. Jean Edwards MAYHEW d. 5 Jan 2006, Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada 3. Charles Alan MAYHEW, b. 23 Jan 1916, Victoria, Capital, British Columbia, Canada d. 11 Jun 1943, , , , Sri Lanka (Age 27 years)Family ID F41817698 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 28 Apr 2025
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The Honorable Robert Wellington MAYHEW
newspaper clipping from the collection of Beulah Fletcher
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Notes - Robert Wellington Mayhew was born in Cobden, Ontario, the son of Charles Mayhew and Sarah Dunlop Mayhew. He married Grace Logan in 1908 and had three children. Robert Mayhew was first elected to the House of Commons for Victoria at a byelection in 1937 and was subsequently reelected in 1940, 1945 and 1949. He served as Minister of Fisheries from 1948 to 1952. He retired from politics in 1952 and served as Canadian Ambassador to Japan from 1952 to 1954. Mayhew was also active in the Victoria community and was made a Freeman of the City of Victoria in 1966 and of the Municipality of Oak Bay in 1968. He and his wife were awarded honourary life memberships in the Victoria Liberal Association in 1954. Mayhew also received an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Victoria in 1965. The fonds consists of records documenting activities of Robert Mayhew and family, including subject files relating to Mayhew's career as Canadian Ambassador to Japan and as Minister of Fisheries, records of Grace Logan Mayhew, including diaries kept by Mrs. Mayhew on sojourns in Rome and Japan and material relating to her funeral in 1967; photographs of visits of Japanese dignitaries and the British royal family, as well as portraits of Canadian prime mininsters; certificates of Mayhew's honourary Doctor of Laws degree, Freeman of Oak Bay and Victoria, and appointment of Mayhew as Minister of Fisheries and as Ambassador to Japan.
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- Robert Wellington Mayhew was born in Cobden, Ontario, the son of Charles Mayhew and Sarah Dunlop Mayhew. He married Grace Logan in 1908 and had three children. Robert Mayhew was first elected to the House of Commons for Victoria at a byelection in 1937 and was subsequently reelected in 1940, 1945 and 1949. He served as Minister of Fisheries from 1948 to 1952. He retired from politics in 1952 and served as Canadian Ambassador to Japan from 1952 to 1954. Mayhew was also active in the Victoria community and was made a Freeman of the City of Victoria in 1966 and of the Municipality of Oak Bay in 1968. He and his wife were awarded honourary life memberships in the Victoria Liberal Association in 1954. Mayhew also received an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Victoria in 1965. The fonds consists of records documenting activities of Robert Mayhew and family, including subject files relating to Mayhew's career as Canadian Ambassador to Japan and as Minister of Fisheries, records of Grace Logan Mayhew, including diaries kept by Mrs. Mayhew on sojourns in Rome and Japan and material relating to her funeral in 1967; photographs of visits of Japanese dignitaries and the British royal family, as well as portraits of Canadian prime mininsters; certificates of Mayhew's honourary Doctor of Laws degree, Freeman of Oak Bay and Victoria, and appointment of Mayhew as Minister of Fisheries and as Ambassador to Japan.
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