George Canning Prime minister

George Canning, FRS, (11 April 1770 – 8 August 1827) was a British statesman and politician who served as Foreign Secretary and was briefly Prime Minister.

Personal facts

George Canning
Birth dateApril 11, 1770
Birth place
Marylebone
Date of deathAugust 08, 1827
Place of death
Middlesex , Chiswick
Education
Christ Church Oxford
Spouse
Joan Canning 1st Viscountess Canning

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Politician

monarch
George IV of the United Kingdom
party
Tories (British political party)
successor
John Ward 1st Earl of Dudley
F. J. Robinson 1st Viscount Goderich

Prime minister

FromMarch 25, 1807
ToOctober 11, 1809

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George Canning on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://pm.gov.uk/output/Page156.asp
  2. http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/gcanning.html
  3. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1847109
  4. http://www.kittybrewster.com/ancestry/canning.htm
  5. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4556