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George Canning was an enthusiastic follower of Pitt the Younger, resigning from his post as Paymaster General in 1801 when Pitt resigned as Prime Minister. Popular, witty and intelligent, he ...
A most interesting and rewarding book, the author has approached Canning’s life largely chronologically which makes for greater understanding of his unfolding political and personal life. The author has succeeded admirably in making Canning’s life and times accessible and readable, and indeed most engaging. Definitely recommended.
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- Wendy Hinde
George Canning FRS (11 April 1770 – 8 August 1827) 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.
1878. Canning, George, an author, an Irishman, appears to have taken his degree of B.A. at the University of Dublin in 1754. His father, a gentleman of property in the north of Ireland, disinherited him for marrying, in 1768, Miss Costello, a dowerless beauty. George Canning was the author of some poems, and of a translation of Anti-Lucretius.
George Canning of Happy Valley, Goose Bay, Newfoundland passed away on September 18 th, 2023 at the Blanche River Hospital in Kirkland Lake, surrounded by his loving family. George was born in Roddickton, Newfoundland to Ambrose and Irene Canning on June 13, 1941. He was the oldest of four children until later in life he found an older brother.
George Canning. George Canning ( Londres, 11 de abril de 1770- Chiswick, Middlesex, 8 de agosto de 1827) fue un abogado y político británico, quien se desempeñó como ministro de asuntos exteriores de Gran Bretaña durante las Guerras Napoleónicas y luego en la «Europa de la Restauración» tras el Congreso de Viena .
The ostensible motivation was, of course, Canning’s championing of the Catholic cause, and Wellington did have genuine fears that he would be unable to resist his wily step-by-step progress towards its attainment, but he privately proclaimed that he was mainly guided by personal considerations, declaring that ‘it was impossible for anyone to act with him’.217 On Maundy Thursday, 12 Apr ...
