George Canning
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 197 years ago |
Date of birth | April 11,1770 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Marylebone |
London | |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | August 8,1827 |
Died | Chiswick |
London | |
United Kingdom | |
Spouse | Joan Canning, 1st Viscountess Canning |
Children | Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning |
Job | Lawyer |
Politician | |
Diplomat | |
Education | Eton College |
Christ Church | |
Hyde Abbey School | |
University of Oxford | |
Books | The Speeches of the Right Honourable George Canning: With a Memoir of His Life |
Select speeches of the Right Honourable George Canning | |
Some Official Correspondence of George Canning [1821-1827] | |
The Letter- Journal of George Canning, 1793-1795 | |
The Speeches of the Right Honourable George Canning - Vol. II | |
Corrected Report of the Speech of the Right Honourable George Canning, in the House of Commons, on the 30th April 1822, in Moving for Leave to Bring in a Bill to Restore to Roman Catholic Peers Their Right of Sitting and Voting in Parliament | |
Substance of Mr. Canning's Speech, in the House of Commons, Tuesday, December 11, 1798, on Mr. Tierney's Motion, Respecting Continental Alliances | |
The Speeches: With a Memoir of His Life : in Six Volumes | |
Speeches Delivered by the Rt. Hon. George Canning, at the Public Celebration of His Third Return to Parliament for the Town of Liverpool, June 29, 1818 | |
Party | Tories |
Place of burial | Westminster Abbey, London, United Kingdom |
Previous position | First Lord of the Treasury of the United Kingdom (1827–1827) |
Grandparents | Jordan Costello |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 439926 |
George Canning Life story
George Canning FRS was a British Tory statesman. He held various senior cabinet positions under numerous prime ministers, including two important terms as Foreign Secretary, finally becoming Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for the last 119 days of his life, from April to August 1827.