Charles John Canning, 1st Earl Canning, also styled Viscount Canning and referred to as "Clemency Canning", was a British politician and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Portrait by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, c. 1855
Daguerreotype, c. 1845
At Simla with his wife and Lord Clyde, Commander-in-Chief, 1860
India, 1860
George Canning
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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
Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning
…rather than retribution and issued a clemency proclamation. Born at Gloucester Lodge, Brompton, near London, Canning was the youngest child of George and Joan Canning. His mother was the daughter of Major-General John Scott. Meanwhile, his father was a Tory Member of Parliament who had been a member…
Portrait by Thomas Lawrence, c. 1822
George Canning by Richard Evans detail
Canning by Richard Evans, circa 1825
A worn copper-alloy medal depicting Canning