Connaught Cup
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Sporting competitions named Connaught Cup, typically named after Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught
, Governor General of Canada
from 1911 to 1916, include:
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn was a member of the shared British and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha royal family who served as the Governor General of Canada, the 10th since Canadian Confederation.Born the seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and...
, Governor General of Canada
Governor General of Canada
The Governor General of Canada is the federal viceregal representative of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II...
from 1911 to 1916, include:
- Connaught Cup, a Canadian horse-racing competition
- The Challenge Trophy for men's amateur football, known as the Connaught Cup from 1912 to 1926
- Connaught Cup, previously the Revolver Challenge Cup, a marksmanship competition for Canadian troops during World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...