Lord Canning

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British statesman Governor-General of India Viceroy of India human

Lord Canning was a British statesman best known for overseeing the administration of India during the tumultuous period of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the subsequent transfer of power from the East India Company to the British Crown.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning 2
Charles John Canning 1
Viscount Canning 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British statesman ⓘ
Governor-General of India ⓘ
Viceroy of India ⓘ
human ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lord Canning ⓘ
surface form: Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning

Earl Canning ⓘ
appointedGovernorGeneralOfIndia 1856 ⓘ
birthDate 1812-12-14 ⓘ
birthPlace Bromley ⓘ
surface form: Bromley, Middlesex, England
burialPlace Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster ⓘ
surface form: Westminster Abbey
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
deathDate 1862-06-17 ⓘ
deathPlace London, England ⓘ
education Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ
Eton College ⓘ
father George Canning ⓘ
fullName Lord Canning self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Charles John Canning
implementedPolicy transfer of Indian administration from East India Company to British Crown ⓘ
knownFor moderate policy towards rebels during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
memberOf House of Lords ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm Queen Victoria ⓘ
mother Joan Scott ⓘ
nickname Clemency Canning ⓘ
nobleTitle Baron Canning ⓘ
Earl Canning ⓘ
Lord Canning self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Viscount Canning
notableFor being the first Viceroy of India ⓘ
overseeing the transfer of power in India from the East India Company to the British Crown ⓘ
oversawEvent Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
surface form: Indian Mutiny

Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
oversawLegislation Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
politicalParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
Tory ⓘ
positionHeld First Commissioner of Woods and Forests ⓘ
Viceroy of India ⓘ
surface form: Governor-General of India

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

Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ⓘ
Viceroy of India ⓘ
precededByAsGovernorGeneralOfIndia Lord Dalhousie ⓘ
spouse Charlotte Canning ⓘ
succeededByAsViceroyOfIndia James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin ⓘ
surface form: Lord Elgin
termEndAsGovernorGeneralOfIndia 1862 ⓘ
termEndAsViceroyOfIndia 1862 ⓘ
termStartAsGovernorGeneralOfIndia 1856 ⓘ
termStartAsViceroyOfIndia 1858 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord Canning → alsoKnownAs → Lord Canning ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning
George Canning → child → Lord Canning ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning
Viceroy of India → firstHolder → Lord Canning ⓘ
Lord Canning → fullName → Lord Canning self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charles John Canning
Lord Canning → nobleTitle → Lord Canning self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Viscount Canning