Frank Lindsay Bastedo (1886 - 1973)

Born 10 Sep 1886 in Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Lillian Martha (Michaelis) Bastedo — married 10 Sep 1938 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Died 15 Feb 1973 at age 86 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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Biography

Frank Lindsay Bastedo, QC, was a Canadian lawyer who served as the 11th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan. He is notable for being one of the few Canadian vice-regal representatives to refuse to give royal assent to a legislative bill. He was born in Bracebridge, Ont., the son of David Edgar Bastedo and Annie Elizabeth Oaten. ^[1]

He was a g-g-g grandson of Peter McMicking (1731–1823), a United Empire Loyalist, whose daughter Elizabeth married David Tice Bastedo.

Bastedo was appointed lieutenant-governor on the advice of Progressive Conservative Prime Minister John Diefenbaker in 1958.

In 1961, Bastedo employed the little-used power to reserve a bill (that is, withhold assent) proposed by Saskatchewan's CCF government of Woodrow Lloyd. Bastedo had not consulted with the federal government before taking this action, and the Diefenbaker government passed an order-in-council approving the bill. The Bastedo incident is the last in Canada where a vice-regal representative refused royal assent.

Bastedo was the first (and probably the only) Canadian provincial Lieutenant-Governor to have been of Spanish ancestral origin; he is descended from Jacob Bastedo, a Protestant who fled persecution in Spain to Netherlands centuries ago. From there the family migrated to England, the American Colonies, and then as United Empire Loyalists, to Canada. He was related to the British actress Alexandra Bastedo (allegedly 4th cousin once removed).

On 10 Sep 1938 in Victoria, B.C., he married Lillian Martha Michaelis. ^[2]

He died in Victoria on 15 Feb 1973, and is buried in Ross Bay Cemetery. ^[3]

His death notice in the Globe and Mail read: ^[4]

BASTEDO, Hon. Frank L.

On February 15, 1973, in Victoria, B.C., The Honourable Frank L. Bastedo, QC., K. St. J., LLD., Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan 1958-1963, of 3044 Oakdowne, Victoria, B.C., formerly of Regina, born in Bracebridge, Ontario. He leaves his wife Lillian; daughter Mrs. H. P. (Dorothy) Cavers, Orangeville, son Edgar F. Bastedo QC., Oshawa, daughter Miss Jean Anne Bastedo of St. Catherines, son Dr. Donald L. Bastedo of Kitchener, 8 grandchildren, 1 great-granddaughter, 2 brothers, J. Burleigh Bastedo of Willowdale and William Bastedo, Florida. He was a Life Member of the Saskatchewan and Ontario Bar Associations and a Member of the Emulation Lodge A.F. & A.M. No. 186, G.R.S. Funeral Service in Victoria, B.C., on Monday, February 19, Followed by Cremation.

Research Notes

The (unproven) connection to Peter McMicking is as follows:

• Peter McMicking (21 Feb 1731-13 Apr 1823) m. Agnes Robertson (1750-3 Jan 1827)
  • Elizabeth McMicking (1776-1840) m. David Tice Bastedo (1769-1854)
    • Peter Bastedo (22 Feb 1797-?) m. Margaret Galbraith
      • Joseph R. Bastedo (1830-1856) m. Mary Eliz Force (1832-?)
        • David Edgar Bastedo (1861-?) m. Elizabeth Ann Oaten (1862-1918)
          • Frank Lindsay Bastedo

Allegedly, the actress Alexandra Bastedo is the g-g granddaughter of David Tice Bastedo's brother, Gilbert Tice Bastedo.

Sources

1. ↑ "Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2KQ-RNB : accessed 2 May 2016), David Edgar Bastedo in entry for Frank Lindsay Bastedo, 16 Sep 1886; citing Bracebridge, Muskoka, Ontario, 16 Sep 1886, reference cn 21622; FHL microfilm 1,845,886.
2. ↑ "British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MR-BRVV : accessed 2 May 2016), David Edgar Bastedo in entry for Frank Lindsay Bastedo and Lillian Martha Michaelis, 1938.
3. ↑ "British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLBS-LH4 : accessed 2 May 2016), David Edgar Bastedo in entry for Frank Lindsay Bastedo, 1973.
4. ↑ The Globe and Mail, Toronto, Ont., 19 Feb 1973, page 33

• "Canada Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHL5-7ZW : accessed 2 May 2016), Mabel Basteds in household of David E. Basteds, B, Ontario (north/nord), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 9, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
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