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7 de abr. de 2024 · Napoleonic Wars. 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 1 dia · George Canning himself died less than four months later and, after the brief premiership of Lord Goderich, Peel returned to the post of home secretary under the premiership of his long-time ally the Duke of Wellington. During this time he was widely perceived as the number-two in the Tory Party, after Wellington himself.
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Há 3 dias · 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.
23 de abr. de 2024 · The hatred inspired by Catholic emancipation, or the veneration of Peel after his death, may be better illustrated in popular ballads than in pamphlets or scholarly literature. The book begins and ends with broad survey chapters, exploring ‘Sir Robert Peel in historical perspective’, ‘The rise (and fall) of Sir Robert Peel’ and ‘Peel, death and posterity’.
Há 1 dia · In general, hereditary office holders (kings, queens, emperors, emirs, and the like) and holders of offices where the normal term limit is life (popes, presidents for life, etc.) are excluded because, until recently, their death in office was the norm. Such deaths have most often been from natural causes, but there are also cases of ...
21 de abr. de 2024 · 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.
Há 3 dias · Advisors on foreign policy included Viscount Castlereagh, George Canning,and the Duke of Wellington. Key issues included the European balance of power, and unrest in Spain. The ministry restored good terms with the United States in the Rush–Bagot Treaty of 1819. and cooperated with Washington in protecting Latin America through the Monroe Doctrine . [125]
