George Canning was a British statesman and Tory politician. He became Prime Minister of Great Britain on 12 April 1827, but his premiership was cut short by his death 119 days later on 8 August 1827.

Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst was a British Tory politician. He was an MP for thirty years before ennoblement. A personal friend of William Pitt the Younger, he became a broker of deals across cab