Evelyn Byng, Viscountess Byng of Vimy

She and her husband were both keen sports fans, especially of ice hockey, and they attended many Ottawa Senators games.

They donated the trophy because Lady Byng appreciated gentlemanly play and good sportsmanship and wanted to encourage and reward it.

At the end of his term as Governor General, Lord and Lady Byng returned to Thorpe Hall, their home in Essex, England.

They continued to travel together, visiting friends in South Africa, Jamaica, California and Canada, until Lord Byng's death in 1935.

[2] Lady Byng died on 20 June 1949, aged 79, at Thorpe Hall, in Essex, England.