Titles by George Canning

1730 – 1771

Father of the Prime Minister by the same name, George Canning Sr. was a writer and Barrister.

Bio

Canning was the disinherited son of a well placed Anglo-Irish family in Londonderry. Disowned for his marriage of love to a penniless bride, Canning moved to London where he became a barrister of limited means. He was a strong supporter of the radical John Wilkes. His son would become a leading Tory MP and Prime Minister.

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Titles

A Letter to the Right Honourable Wills Earl of Hillsborough, on the Connection between Great Britain and Her American Colonies

George Canning

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