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7 de abr. de 2024 · George Canning (born April 11, 1770, London, Eng.—died Aug. 8, 1827, Chiswick, near London) 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.
Há 2 dias · George Canning (1807–9), and Viscount Casterleagh (1812–15) were highly successful in organizing complex coalitions that in the end defeated Napoleon. Castlereagh to Canning displayed imagination and energy, although their personalities clashed to the point of fighting a duel.
10 de abr. de 2024 · George Canning: Interior of Liverpool Town Hall: 1832: Francis Chantrey: Statue: Marble: William Ewart: The Oratory: 1832: Joseph Gott Seated statue on pedestal: Marble: More images: William Huskisson: Dukes Terrace car-park: 1847: John Gibson: Statue on pedestal: Bronze & granite: Grade II: Q26672851: More images: Robert Peel ...
Há 3 dias · Curzon was President of the Union and Secretary of the Oxford Canning Club (a Tory political club named for George Canning), but as a consequence of the extent of his time-expenditure on political and social societies, he failed to achieve a first class degree in Greats, although he subsequently won both the Lothian Prize Essay and ...
18 de abr. de 2024 · Compared to his dazzling successor at the Foreign Office, George Canning, Castlereagh seemed a bit of a bore. One of the two indisputably fascinating things Castlereagh ever did was to shoot Canning in the thigh in a duel brought about as much by the former’s oversized sense of honor as it was by the latter’s oversized sense of entitlement in scheming to oust his rival from the cabinet.
Há 5 dias · This was hardly the full extent of Canning's extra-parliamentary speech-making. During the 1812 general election, for instance, he is reported to have made 160 speeches in Liverpool. (7) Even so, by including a sampling of Canning's public orations, the editor acknowledged the fact that significant statements and the eloquence of leading statesmen were not confined to the Houses of Parliament.
10 de abr. de 2024 · His second ministry was dominated by the foreign secretary, George Canning, and the secretary for war and the colonies, Viscount Castlereagh (afterward 2nd Marquess of Londonderry). Their disagreements (culminating in a duel) and Portland’s ill health caused him to resign shortly before his death.
