George Canning

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British politician Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tory politician human

George Canning was a British statesman and Tory politician who briefly served as Prime Minister in 1827 and was known for his influential roles in foreign policy and oratory in the early 19th century.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British politician → Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom → Prime Minister of the United Kingdom → Tory politician → human →
burialPlace	Westminster Abbey →
causeOfDeath	pneumonia →
child	Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
dateOfBirth	1770-04-11 →
dateOfDeath	1827-08-08 →
educatedAt	Christ Church, Oxford → Eton College →
familyName	Canning →
fieldOfWork	diplomacy → politics →
givenName	George →
knownFor	British foreign policy in the early 19th century → oratory →
memberOf	Parliament of the United Kingdom →
memberOfParliamentFor	Hastings → Liverpool → Newport (Isle of Wight) → Plymouth → Sligo Borough →
monarchDuringTerm	George IV →
name	George Canning →
notableWork	support for Latin American independence movements →
parliamentaryGroup	Tory Party →
placeOfBirth	London → Marylebone →
placeOfDeath	Chiswick → London →
positionHeld	Ambassador to Portugal → Chancellor of the Exchequer → Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom → Leader of the House of Commons → President of the Board of Control → Prime Minister of the United Kingdom →
precededInOfficeBy	Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool →
primeMinisterTermEnd	1827-08-08 →
primeMinisterTermStart	1827-04-10 →
religion	Anglicanism →
residence	London →
spouse	Joan Scott →
succeededInOfficeBy	Frederick John Robinson, Viscount Goderich →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Statue of George Canning, Parliament Square →	commemorates
Statue of George Canning, Parliament Square →	depicts
Lord Canning →	father
Monroe Doctrine →	influencedBy
George Canning →	name
Lord Liverpool ministry →	notableMember
William Pitt the Younger →	notableStudent
Treasurer of the Navy →	officeHeldBy
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool →	succeededBy