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George Canning FRS (11 April 1770 – 8 August 1827) was a British statesman and politician who served as Foreign Secretary and was briefly Prime Minister.

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active years end date
1809-10-11, 1827-04-20, 1827-08-08
active years start date
1807-03-25, 1822-09-13, 1827-04-10
alma mater
Christ Church Oxford
birth date
1770-04-11
birth place
Marylebone
death date
1827-08-08
death place
Middlesex, Chiswick
monarch
George III of the United Kingdom, George IV of the United Kingdom
order in office
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Chancellor of the Exchequer
party
Tories (British political party)
spouse
Joan Canning 1st Viscountess Canning
successor
Henry Bathurst 3rd Earl Bathurst, John Ward 1st Earl of Dudley, John Charles Herries, F. J. Robinson 1st Viscount Goderich

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