The Canningites, led by George Canning and then the Viscount Goderich as First Lord of the Treasury, governed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1827 until 1828.
George Canning by Richard Evans
Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon by Sir Thomas Lawrence
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George Canning was a British statesman and Tory politician. He became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 12 April 1827, but his premiership was cut short by his death 119 days later on 8 August 1
Canningite government, 1827–1828
…The Canningites, led by George Canning and then the Viscount Goderich as First Lord of the Treasury, governed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1827 until 1828. On 9 April…
Portrait by Thomas Lawrence, c. 1822
George Canning by Richard Evans detail
A worn copper-alloy medal depicting Canning