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George Canning
George Canning was a British statesman and Tory politician. He became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 12 April 1827, but his premiership was cut short by his death 119 days later on 8 August 1827. Canning also figured prominently in the cabinets of Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, and William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, with two terms as Foreign Secretary.
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culture · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1827 · politician · diplomat · lawyer · writer · bretteur · governor · also George Canning, Canning
Born 11 April 1770 · Died 8 August 1827 · Q219731
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2026· 10 entries
“Now for the execution and I confess to my own love, I wake an hour or two earlier than I ought to, thinking of this execution. I could not sleep after asses”
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“Here I am immersed in papers, of which I do not yet comprehend three words in succession; but I shall get at their meaning by degrees and at my leisure. No such hard work here as at my former office. No attendance but when I like it, when there are interesting letters received from India (as is now the case) or to be sent out there”
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“I resign because Pitt resigns. And that is all”
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Western Australian Government: Builder to deliver 50 social and affordable homes in Canning Vale
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most.ks.ua: The occupiers promise Nova Kakhovka industrial parks, a cognac plant and canning production
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Sofascore: Hashtag United U23 vs Canning Town FC live score, H2H and lineups
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The Irish Sun: Viral All-Ireland photo & 'fav' Canning pic…snapper behind iconic sport pictures
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Issuewire: Alpha Smash Repair Expands Panel Beating and Smash Repair Services Across Perth's Southern and Canning Suburbs
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Public attention spiked: 2,662 Wikipedia readers in one day, 10.7× the usual 249, with 0 article edits.
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1911· 1 entry
As the Argentine Club for expatriate businessmen, it was renamed in 1948 as the club extended its remit to the rest of Latin America, in honour of Canning's strong ties to the region
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1907· 1 entry
But the Fort Canning Bunker was built into the hill before the Second World War, and eventually became a museum
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1827· 7 entries
Died 1827-08-08.
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It looked as if Canning would become prime minister, Lord Grey remarked that he "regarded the son of an actress as incapacitated de facto for the Premiership of England"
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Career landmark: Chancellor of the Exchequer (1827–1827).
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Career landmark: member of the 8th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1827–1827).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1827–1827).
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“I can prove anything by statistics except the truth.”
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Liverpool stood down as prime minister after suffering a severe stroke; he died the following year
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1826· 2 entries
Was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society
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Career landmark: member of the 8th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1826–1827).
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1825· 3 entries
Portugal recognised Brazil (thanks to Canning's efforts, and in return for a preferential commercial treaty), less than three years after Brazil's declaration of independence
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“and if we do not mismanage our affairs she is English ... the New World established and if we do not throw it away, ours.”
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Mexico, Argentina and Colombia were recognised by means of the ratification of commercial treaties with Britain
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1823· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the 7th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1823–1826).
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1822· 3 entries
Career landmark: Leader of the House of Commons (1822–1827).
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Career landmark: Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1822–1827).
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Overseeing British participation in the final years of the Napoleonic Wars and the Congress of Vienna which redrew the map of Europe
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1820· 2 entries
In opposition to the treatment of Queen Caroline, estranged wife of the new King George IV
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Career landmark: member of the 7th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1820–1822).
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1818· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the 6th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1818–1820).
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1816· 2 entries
Career landmark: President of the Board of Control (1816–1821).
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Became President of the Board of Control
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1814· 2 entries
Career landmark: ambassador of the United Kingdom to Portugal (1814–1815).
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Canning became the British Ambassador to Portugal, recently liberated from the French by Wellington's forces
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1812· 2 entries
The new prime minister, Lord Liverpool, offered Canning the position of foreign secretary once more
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Career landmark: member of the 5th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1812–1818).
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1809· 2 entries
Canning entered into a series of disputes within the government that were to become famous
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Was wounded in a duel with his rival Lord Castlereagh and was shortly thereafter passed over as a successor to the Duke of Portland in favour of Spencer Perceval
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1808· 1 entry
“The Peace of Tilsit you see is come out. We did not want any more case for Copenhagen; but if we had, this gives it us”
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1807· 3 entries
To assure Britain's naval supremacy over Napoleon
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“We are hated throughout Europe and that hate must be cured by fear”
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Career landmark: member of the 4th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1807–1812).
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1806· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the 3rd Parliament of the United Kingdom (1806–1807).
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1805· 1 entry
Offered Pitt his resignation after Addington was given a seat in the Cabinet
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1804· 2 entries
With Pitt, becoming Treasurer of the Navy
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To Canning's delight, Pitt began to work against the Addington government
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1802· 3 entries
Career landmark: member of the 2nd Parliament of the United Kingdom (1802–1806).
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Canning wrote the song "The Pilot that Weathered the Storm", performed by a tenor from Drury Lane, Charles Dignum:
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“The Pilot that Weathered the Storm”
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1801· 2 entries
“I do love him, and reverence him as I should a Father – but a Father should not sacrifice me, with my good will. Most heartily I forgive him, But he has to answer to himself, and to the country for much mischief that he has done and much that is still to do.”
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Career landmark: member of the 1st Parliament of the United Kingdom (1801–1802).
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1796· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the 18th Parliament of Great Britain (1796–1801).
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1793· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the 17th Parliament of Great Britain (1793–1796).
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1770· 1 entry
Born 1770-04-11.
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