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George Canning, who served as Prime Minister from 12 April to 8 August 1827, was born into an Anglo-Irish family on 11 April 1770, the first son and second and only surviving child of his father's three children. Canning was descended from a branch of the family which had settled in Ulster; James I granted the manor of Garvagh (Londonderry) in ...
George Canning. (1770-1827), Prime Minister. Regency Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter associated with 64 portraits. A brilliant Tory statesman and orator, but distrusted for his opportunism and inconsistency. After a brief period following the Whigs, Canning entered Parliament in 1793 as a disciple of William Pitt.
George Canning was a member of the City of London Police team which won the sixth and last Olympic Tug-of-War title in 1920. In Antwerp, the London policemen beat the USA, Belgium and Holland in two straight pulls and the British victory occupied, in total, less than two and a half minutes. Canning resigned from the police force in December 1935.
Canning, George (1770–1827) George Canning ( b. 11 April 1770; d. 8 August 1827), British statesman. Despite a long career in public service, George Canning distinguished himself primarily during his term as Great Britain 's foreign secretary between 1822 and 1827. He had, in fact, previously served as foreign secretary, from 1807 to 1809 ...
20 de oct. de 2022 · Until Liz Truss, George Canning was the shortest-serving prime minister. He needn’t be forgotten by pub quizzers, general knowledge collectors and historians alike. In 1973, Richard Luckett ...
George Canning, né le 11 avril 1770 à Londres et mort le 8 août 1827 à Chiswick en Angleterre, est un homme d'État britannique. Il est Premier ministre du Royaume-Uni pour une courte durée d'avril à août 1827 et exerce à deux reprises les fonctions de ministre des Affaires étrangères, de 1807 à 1809 puis de 1822 à 1827.
George Canning nació en Londres, el 11 de abril de 1770. Su padre también de nombre George, era un abogado que escribía artículos periodísticos, algún opúsculo y poesía. Las cosas no le iban muy bien y por ello se instaló brevemente como comerciante de vinos, pero el negocio tampoco prosperó. No tenía más de un año de edad cuando ...
