The Former Canadian Governor General Who Dared to Advocate Peace Amid WW1

Published on February 2, 2024

Commentary In the fevered atmosphere of wartime, those who call for peace are treated with disdain. And why not? Surely it is treasonous to want anything less than total victory for the righteous? Can peace not be secured only by crushing the enemy with overwhelming force? To call for peace in such times seems out of sync. Such was the case with Lord Lansdowne in 1917. A British aristocrat, senior politician, and diplomat who was once Governor General of Canada, Lansdowne had been under-secretary for war from 1872–’74 and was originally a Liberal supporter of Prime Minister William E. Gladstone. He later became a Conservative in Lord Salisbury’s cabinet as secretary of state for war from 1895–1900, foreign secretary from 1900–’05, and served in the first wartime coalition in 1915–’16. His second son was killed in action in October 1914 and buried at Ypres. After that, Lansdowne stood by the war policy for two more years....

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