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Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning

1812 - 1862

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Charles John Canning, 1st Earl Canning, (14 December 1812 – 17 June 1862), also known as the Viscount Canning and Clemency Canning, was a British statesman and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the first Viceroy of India after the transfer of power from the East India Company to the Crown of Queen Victoria in 1858 after the rebellion was crushed. Canning is credited for ensuring that the administration and most departments of the government functioned normally during the rebellion and took major administrative decisions even during the peak of the Rebellion in 1857, including establishing the first three modern Universities in India, the University of Calcutta, University of Madras and University of Bombay based on Wood's despatch. Canning passed the Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856 which was drafted by his predecessor Lord Dalhousie before the rebellion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning has received more than 748,295 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning is the 13,077th most popular politician (up from 13,815th in 2019), the 2,932nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,615th in 2019) and the 422nd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning ranks 13,077 out of 19,576. Before him are Heinrich von Stephan, Fastida, Şemsettin Günaltay, Frederick North, Lord North, Kornel Morawiecki, and Mesannepada. After him are H. D. Deve Gowda, K. Sivan, Manius Acilius Glabrio, Ahmed Vefik Pasha, Orso II Participazio, and Krikor Zohrab.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1812, Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning ranks 57. Before him are Walthère Frère-Orban, George Allman, Carl Christian Hall, Juraj Dobrila, Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn, and Johanne Luise Heiberg. After him are Izmail Sreznevsky, Francisco Coll Guitart, Julius Rietz, Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ, Buenaventura Báez, and Samo Chalupka. Among people deceased in 1862, Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning ranks 41. Before him are Duchess Marie Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Albrecht Adam, Bernhard Severin Ingemann, Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov, José María Bocanegra, and Barbu Catargiu. After him are Robert Knox, Frederick Townsend Ward, Carlos Anaya, François Sudre, František Škroup, and Sofia Adlersparre.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning ranks 2,932 out of 8,785. Before him are Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester (1640), Elizabeth Fry (1780), Frederick North, Lord North (1732), John Walter Gregory (1864), Christopher Hogwood (1941), and Joe Jordan (1951). After him are Eric Frank Russell (1905), Reece James (1999), Francis Lee (1944), Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (1621), Ronald Neame (1911), and Geoffrey Howe (1926).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning ranks 422. Before him are Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge (1868), Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609), Ceolwulf of Wessex (600), Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester (1640), Elizabeth Fry (1780), and Frederick North, Lord North (1732). After him are Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (1621), Geoffrey Howe (1926), Phil Taylor (1960), Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (1645), Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer (1798), and Enoch Powell (1912).

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