George Canning

The Right Honourable George Canning
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office 10 April 1827 – 8 August 1827
Monarch	George IV
Preceded by	The Earl of Liverpool
Succeeded by	The Viscount Goderich
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office 31 January 1823 – 20 April 1827
Monarch	George IV
Preceded by	Frederick John Robinson
Succeeded by	Charles Abbott
Personal details
Born	(1770-04-11)11 April 1770 Marylebone, London
Died	8 August 1827(1827-08-08) (aged 57) Chiswick, Middlesex
Political party	Tory
Spouse(s)	Joan Canning, 1st Viscountess Canning
Children	4
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

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

Stratford Canning was a Whig and would introduce his nephew in the 1780s to prominent Whigs such as Charles James Fox, Edmund Burke, and Richard Brinsley Sheridan. George Canning's friendship with Sheridan would last for the remainder of Sheridan's life.

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