Earl Canning

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British statesman Governor-General of India Viceroy of India human

Earl Canning was a 19th-century British statesman who served as the first Viceroy of India during and after the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British statesman ⓘ
Governor-General of India ⓘ
Viceroy of India ⓘ
human ⓘ
appointedAsGovernorGeneralOfIndia 1856 ⓘ
burialPlace Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster ⓘ
surface form: Westminster Abbey
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1812-12-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1862-06-17 ⓘ
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ
Eton College ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
familyName Canning ⓘ
father George Canning ⓘ
fullName Lord Canning ⓘ
surface form: Charles Canning
givenName Charles ⓘ
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable ⓘ
knownFor Overseeing the transfer of rule in India from the East India Company to the British Crown ⓘ
Serving as the first Viceroy of India ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
monarchDuringViceroyalty Queen Victoria ⓘ
mother Joan Canning, Viscountess Canning ⓘ
nobleTitle Lord Canning ⓘ
surface form: 1st Earl Canning
notableEvent Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented Honiton ⓘ
Liverpool ⓘ
Warwick ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bromley ⓘ
surface form: Bromley, Middlesex, England
placeOfDeath Grosvenor Square, London, England ⓘ
politicalAlignment Peelite ⓘ
positionHeld Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ⓘ
Viceroy of India ⓘ
surface form: Governor-General of India

Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Postmaster General of Great Britain ⓘ
surface form: Postmaster General of the United Kingdom

Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ⓘ
Viceroy of India ⓘ
predecessorAsGovernorGeneralOfIndia Lord Dalhousie ⓘ
religion Church of England ⓘ
roleInEvent First Viceroy of India during and after the Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
spouse Charlotte Canning ⓘ
surface form: Charlotte Canning, Countess Canning
successorAsViceroyOfIndia James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
surface form: Lord Elgin
termEndAsGovernorGeneralOfIndia 1862 ⓘ
termEndAsViceroyOfIndia 1862 ⓘ
termStartAsGovernorGeneralOfIndia 1856 ⓘ
termStartAsViceroyOfIndia 1858 ⓘ

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Lord Canning → alsoKnownAs → Earl Canning ⓘ
Lord Canning → nobleTitle → Earl Canning ⓘ
Clemency Canning → hasTitle → Earl Canning ⓘ