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- Canning's mother, Mary Ann Costello, took work as a stage actress, a profession not considered respectable at the time. Because Canning showed unusual intelligence and promise at an early age, family friends persuaded his uncle, London merchant Stratford Canning (father to the diplomat Stratford Canning), to become his nephew's guardian.
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Because Canning showed unusual intelligence and promise at an early age, family friends persuaded his uncle, London merchant Stratford Canning (father of the diplomat Stratford Canning), to become his nephew's guardian. George Canning grew up with his cousins at the home of his uncle, who provided him with an income and an education.
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Canning was born in Marylebone, London. His father, George Canning Sr. of Garvagh, County Londonderry, was a gentleman of limited means, a failed wine merchant and lawyer, who renounced his right to inherit the family estate in exchange for payment of his substantial debts. George Sr. eventually abandoned the family and died in poverty on April 11,...
Stratford Canning was a Whig and would introduce his nephew, in the 1780s, to prominent Whigs such as Charles James Fox, Edmund Burke, and Richard Brinsley Sheridan. George Canning's friendship with Sheridan would last for the remainder of Sheridan's life. George Canning's impoverished background and limited financial resources, however, made unlik...
On November 2, 1795, Canning received his first ministerial post: Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. In this post he proved a strong supporter of Pitt, often taking his side in disputes with the Foreign Secretary Lord Grenville. He resigned this post on April 1, 1799. In 1799, Canning became a commissioner of the Board of Control, follow...
In 1809, Canning entered into a series of disputes within the government that were to become famous. He argued with the Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, Lord Castlereagh, over the deployment of troops that Canning had promised would be sent to Portugal, but which Castlereagh sent to the Netherlands. The government became increasingly pa...
Upon Perceval's assassination in 1812, the new Prime Minister, Lord Liverpool offered Canning the position of Foreign Secretary once more. Canning refused, as he also wished to be Leader of the House of Commons and was reluctant to serve in any government with Castlereagh. In 1814, he became the British Ambassador to Portugal, returning the followi...
In 1822, Castlereagh, now Marquess of Londonderry, committed suicide. Canning succeeded him as both Foreign Secretary and Leader of the House of Commons. In his second term of office he sought to prevent South America from coming into the French sphere of influence and in this he was successful. He also gave support to the growing campaign for the ...
Liverpool retired as Prime Minister in 1827, and Canning was chosen to succeed him, in preference to both the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel. Neither man agreed to serve under Canning and they were followed by five other members of Liverpool's Cabinet as well as forty junior members of the government. The Tory Party was now heavily split be...
Canning has come to be regarded as a "lost leader," with much speculation about what his legacy could have been had he lived. His government of Tories and Whigs continued for a few months under Lord Goderich but fell apart in early 1828. It was succeeded by a government under the Duke of Wellington, which initially included some Canningites but soo...
George Canning—First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of CommonsLord Lyndhurst—Lord ChancellorLord Harrowby—Lord President of the CouncilThe Duke of Portland—Lord Privy SealDeane, Ciaran. The Guinness Book of Irish Facts & Feats. Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Pub, 1994. ISBN 9780851127934Dixon, Peter. Canning, Politician and Statesman. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1976. ISBN 9780297770619Hunt, Giles. Mehitabel Canning A Redoubtable Woman. Royston, Herts: Rooster, 2001. ISBN 9781871510201George Canning was born into an Anglo-Irish family in London in 1770. His father was a wayward gentleman, who eventually abandoned the family, and his mother, Mary Ann Costello, was an actress. His guardian, Stratford Canning would raise him. He studied at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford.
Aug 4, 2024 · George Canning was a British statesman known for his liberal policies as foreign secretary (1807–09, 1822–27) and as prime minister for four months during 1827. Canning’s father, the eldest son of an Irish landowner, was disinherited for his marriage to a beautiful but penniless girl and died in.
Despite his relatively brief time in office, George Canning left a lasting mark on British politics and society. He was a skilled and persuasive orator, a shrewd political operator, and a passionate advocate for reform and progress.
George Canning (senior) was disinherited so his son was born into poverty. When a wealthy uncle took charge of young Canning's education, a small Irish estate, Kibrahan in County Kilkenny, was settled on him, giving him a very small, fluctuating income throughout his life, amounting to about £200 p.a. on average.
[Click on images to enlarge them.] George Canning, who served as Prime Minister from 12 April to 8 August 1827, was born into an Anglo-Irish family on 11 April 1770, the first son and second and only surviving child of his father's three children.
