George Canning

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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.


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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


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