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His health collapsed, and he died of pneumonia at Chiswick House on 8 August 1827, whilst still in office. His tenure of 119 days in office made him the shortest-serving prime minister in history , a title he held for 195 years until Liz Truss ' premiership in 2022, which lasted 49 days.
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7 de abr. de 2024 · But his ministry lasted only four months; his health broke down under the strain, and he died in August 1827 at Chiswick, in the house of the duke of Devonshire. Legacy The hatred and malignity with which Canning was assailed by the Tory aristocracy in 1827 showed what prejudice still existed against a prime minister born outside the ...
29 de dez. de 2017 · On 8 August 1827, after spending barely 5 months in office, Canning died suddenly from pneumonia at Chiswick House. His last words were ‘Spain and Portugal’.
Such deaths have most often been from natural causes, but there are also cases of assassination, execution, suicide, accident and even death in battle. The list is in chronological order. The name is listed first, followed by the year of death, the country, the name of the office the person held at the time of death, the location of the death (where known) and the cause of death.
29 de mai. de 2017 · BBC News. He was prime minister for just 119 days before his death in office in 1827, killed by a severe bout of pneumonia, not by the gunshot wound inflicted by a Cabinet colleague.
George Canning holds the record for the second shortest term in office, dying in office on 8 August 1827, 119 days after his appointment. However, the record of the shortest term may depend on the criteria used.
8th August 1827 George died at Chiswick House in West London at the age of 57 years. His health had been in steep decline since January that year, when he became so ill it was thought he might not have recovered. His total period in office remains the shortest of any Prime Minister, a mere 119 days. George was buried in Westminster Abbey in London.
