Sir
Charles
John
"1st Earl Canning"
Canning
KG PC GCB
Born in Gloucester Lodge, Kensington, Middlesex, England
Ancestors 
Son of George Canning MP PM
and Joan (Scott) Canning
Husband of
Charlotte (Stuart) Canning
— married
5 Sep 1835 in St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Middlesex
[children unknown]
Died
at age 49
in Belgrave Square, London, England
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Oct 2014
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Biography
Charles John Canning was the 2nd Viscount Canning and 1st Earl Canning. Lord Canning was last Governor-General and first Viceroy of India.
"EARL CANNING, K.G. G.C.B. and K.S., late Viceroy and Governor-General of India, died, at his residence in Grosvenor square, on Tuesday, in his fiftieth year." [unidentified newspaper cutting, from family scrapbook]
"The statue of Lord Canning, for Calcutta, has just been successfully cast at the foundry of Messrs. Masefield & Co., Chelsea. . . {unidentified newspaper cutting from 1877, from family scrapbook]
Sources
- Burke's Peerage (1913)
- Wikipedia entry for Charles Canning
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