| George F.G. Stanley | |
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| Birth name | George Francis Gillman Stanley |
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July 6, 1907 Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Died | September 13, 2002 (aged 95) Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Buried at | Sackville Cemetery |
| Allegiance | Canada |
| Awards | CC, CD, KStJ, DPhil, DLitt, FRSC, FRHistS, FRHSC (hon.) |
| Spouse(s) | Ruth Stanley |
| Other work | historian, author, soldier, teacher, public servant |
| 25th Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick | |
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In office December 23, 1981 – August 14, 1987 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General |
Edward Schreyer Jeanne Sauvé |
| Premier | Richard Hatfield |
| Preceded by | Hédard Robichaud |
| Succeeded by | Gilbert Finn |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Canada |
Colonel George Francis Gillman Stanley, CC, CD, KStJ, DPhil, DLitt, FRSC, FRHistS, FRHSC (hon.) (July 6, 1907 – September 13, 2002) was a Canadian historian, author, soldier, teacher, public servant, and designer of the current Canadian flag.
George F.G. Stanley was born in Calgary, Alberta in 1907 and received a BA from the University of Alberta in Edmonton. He went to Keble College, University of Oxford, in 1929 as the Rhodes Scholar from Alberta, and held a Beit Fellowship in Imperial Studies and a Royal Society of Canada Scholarship. He earned a BA, MA, MLitt and DPhil. Always a keen athlete, he played for the Oxford University Ice Hockey Club, which won the Spengler Cup in 1931. At Oxford, he wrote his book, The Birth of Western Canada: A History of The , and began his lifelong work on Louis Riel.