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His health collapsed, and he died of pneumonia at Chiswick House on 8 August 1827, whilst still in office. His tenure of 119 days in office made him the shortest-serving prime minister in history, a title he held for 195 years until Liz Truss' premiership in 2022, which lasted 49 days.
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29 de dic. de 2017 · On 8 August 1827, after spending barely 5 months in office, Canning died suddenly from pneumonia at Chiswick House. His last words were ‘Spain and Portugal’.
7 de abr. de 2024 · George Canning (born April 11, 1770, London, Eng.—died Aug. 8, 1827, Chiswick, near London) was a British statesman known for his liberal policies as foreign secretary (1807–09, 1822–27) and as prime minister for four months during 1827. Early life and career.
George Canning holds the record for the second shortest term in office, dying in office on 8 August 1827, 119 days after his appointment. However, the record of the shortest term may depend on the criteria used.
Top left: Robert Walpole, considered to be the first de facto prime minister of Great Britain. Top right: Winston Churchill, prime minister during World War II. Bottom left: Margaret Thatcher, the first female prime minister. Bottom right: Rishi Sunak, the incumbent, and first British Asian prime minister.
PortraitPortraitPrime Minister Office (lifespan)Term Of Office(start)Rishi Sunak [80] MP for Richmond (Yorks) ...25 October 2022Incumbent1 year, 185 daysLiz Truss [79] MP for South West Norfolk ...6 September 202225 October 202250 daysBoris Johnson [78] MP for Uxbridge and ...24 July 20196 September 20223 years, 45 daysTheresa May [77] MP for Maidenhead (born ...13 July 201624 July 20193 years, 12 daysM.G. Brock profiles one of Britain's most able yet ill-fated premiers. M.G. Brock | Published in History Today Volume 1 Issue 8 August 1951. Canning became Prime Minister in April 1827 and died in the following August. It took him the greater part of these four months to form his government, and the task had not been completed at his death.
George Canning, 1827 (Tory) Henry Temple, 1865 (Whig/Liberal) The first two of these deaths occurred at a time when the role of Prime Minister was still very much in its infancy and not yet an essential or inevitably component of political life in Great Britain.
