July 9, 1867

Major-General Henry William Stisted was sworn in yesterday as Lieutenant-Governor for the Province of Ontario. His Honour was escorted to Osgoode Hall by a detachment of the 13th Hussars and greeted by a 100-man honour guard from the 17th Regiment. His Honour proceeded to the Judges’ Conference Chamber where the oath was administered by Chancellor Hon. Mr. Vankoughnet, and Vice-Chancellors, Hon. John Sprague and Hon. Oliver Mowat. Following the ceremony, it was rumoured that a champagne luncheon was held in the Osgoode Hall library but Hall security denied that there was any place in the Hall equipped for such a function (The Globe, July 9, 1867, p. 1).