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George Canning

1770 - 1827

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George Canning (; 11 April 1770 – 8 August 1827) was a British Tory statesman. He held various senior cabinet positions under numerous prime ministers, including two important terms as foreign secretary, finally becoming Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for the last 119 days of his life, from April to August 1827. The son of an actress and a failed businessman and lawyer, Canning was supported financially by his uncle, Stratford Canning, which allowed him to attend Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Canning has received more than 1,090,793 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). George Canning is the 4,268th most popular politician (up from 5,366th in 2019), the 861st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,151st in 2019) and the 145th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George Canning ranks 4,268 out of 19,576. Before him are Agrippa Postumus, Sun Liang, Queen Munjeong, Malcolm IV of Scotland, Tushratta, and Ahmed ‘Urabi. After him are Lady Margaret Beaufort, Ernesto Geisel, Jayavarman II, Alfred Moisiu, Princess Milica of Serbia, and Gracia Mendes Nasi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1770, George Canning ranks 14. Before him are François Gérard, Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Princess Carolina of Parma, Theodoros Kolokotronis, Anton Reicha, and Manuel Belgrano. After him are Adam Johann von Krusenstern, Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, Pierre Cambronne, Ferdinando Carulli, Louis-Gabriel Suchet, and Thomas Johann Seebeck. Among people deceased in 1827, George Canning ranks 10. Before him are Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, William Blake, Frederick Augustus I of Saxony, Augustin-Jean Fresnel, Wilhelm Hauff, and Maria Theresa of Austria. After him are Ugo Foscolo, Ernst Chladni, Samuel Crompton, Wilhelm Müller, Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, and Georgios Karaiskakis.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Canning ranks 861 out of 8,785. Before him are Stephen Frears (1941), Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861), Mary Kingsley (1862), Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (1430), Thomas Cavendish (1560), and Malcolm IV of Scotland (1141). After him are Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443), James Gregory (1638), Andy Serkis (1964), Simon Cowell (1959), Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428), and Nevill Francis Mott (1905).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, George Canning ranks 145. Before him are Æthelbald, King of Wessex (831), James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (1534), Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony (1156), William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520), Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (1430), and Malcolm IV of Scotland (1141). After him are Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443), Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428), Rishi Sunak (1980), Daniel Burley Woolfall (1852), Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (1770), and Robert Clive (1725).

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