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Há 2 dias · He first attained Cabinet rank in 1827, when George Canning became prime minister, but like other Canningites, he resigned from office one year later. He served as Foreign Secretary 1830–1834, 1835–1841 and 1846–1851.
26 de mai. de 2024 · Across the Channel, the French Revolution unleashed radical new political forces that threatened the established order throughout Europe. Confronted with these crises, Britain turned to an unlikely leader: William Pitt the Younger, who became prime minister in 1783 at the tender age of 24.
Há 2 dias · United Kingdom portal. v. t. e. Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, DL, JP, FRS [1] (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British statesman, Conservative politician and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Há 4 dias · Just about everybody who didn’t know him and many who did thought him a cold fish – arrogant, aloof, disdainfully aristocratic. Compared to his dazzling successor at the Foreign Office, George Canning, Castlereagh seemed a bit of a bore.
Há 4 dias · After Canning, the career of no other nineteenth-century prime minister or leading politician - not Palmerston, not Russell, not Disraeli, not Bright, not Gladstone, not Chamberlain, not Salisbury - was marked by a complete collection of speeches. Instead, volumes of selected speeches became the vogue.
Há 1 dia · In 1827 the prime minister Lord Liverpool became incapacitated and was replaced by George Canning. Peel resigned as home secretary. Canning favoured Catholic emancipation, while Peel had been one of its most outspoken opponents (earning the nickname "Orange Peel", with Orange the colour of the Protestant Orange Order).
12 de mai. de 2024 · Iain Dale talks to Theo Barclay about the life and career of George Canning, who is our shortest serving Prime Minister, having chalked up a premiership lasting only 3 months in 1827. 03/10/21 • 30m 50s
