Coronation of the British monarch on Christmas Day, possibly in imitation of the Byzantine emperors, and John's was on Ascension Day. Elizabeth I consulted her astrologer, John Dee, before deciding on an auspicious date. The coronations of Charles II in 1661 and Anne in 1702 were on St George's Day, the feast of the patron saint of England. Under the Hanoverian monarchs in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it was deemed appropriate to extend the waiting period to several months, following a period of mourning for the previous monarch and to allow time for preparation of the ceremony. In the case of every monarch
Frederick Seymour rest of British Columbia had in a sense dropped off, and the overall situation of the province had not improved property values had decreased, people were dying, trade was declining and there was very little revenue. The Governor was also being extremely inattentive of his duties. The only possibility of acquiring relief from the colonies financial situations was to propose entry to the Canadian federation. However, Seymour would not live to see British Columbia unified with Canada. On 10 June 1969, Seymour died from typhoid asthenia on board the HMS "Saparrowhawk" near the north coast of British Columbia. Seymour's body