Person Canning; George (1770 - 1827); Barrister, Politician and Prime Minister of England 1827 Canning George Barrister, Politician and Prime Minister of England 1827 1770 - 1827 British Male London, England 11 April 1770 Duke of Devonshire's villa, Chiswick 08 August 1827 Burial: Westminster Abbey, London, England, Europe

Barrister; Politician Education: Eton; Christ Church, Oxford; Lincoln's Inn (1791) Career: MP for Newtown I.O.W. (June 1793-1796); MP for Wendover (1796-1802); Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs (1796-1799); Paymaster General (1800-1801); MP for Tralee (1802-1806); MP for Newtown I.O.W. (1806-1807); MP for Hastings (1807-1812); Foreign Secretary (1807); resigned (1809); MP for Liverpool (1812 -1822); MP for Harwich (1823-1826); President of the India Board (1816-1821); Foreign Secretary (1822); Chancellor of the Exchequer (1827); MP for Seaford (April 1827-August 1827); Prime Minister (1827) Freemason, initiaed 20 April 1810, Somerset House Lodge No 2, subsequently Royal Somerset House and Inverness Lodge No 4 Son of George Canning and Mary Costello; cousin of George Canning, 1st Lord Garvagh (FRS 1810) married (1800) Joan, daughter of Major General John Scott of Balcornie, Fife Fellow 12/01/1826 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 'Freemasons and the Royal Society: Alphabetical List of Fellows who were Freemasons' 2010, page 16-17 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 11 Apr 1770 - 8 Aug 1827 NA6591 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 7387ed48-4886-4ec2-9f0e-48e52a7e0029