George Canning PC, FRS (11 April 1770 – 8 August 1827) was a British statesman and politician who served as Foreign Secretary and briefly Prime Minister.
Read more about George Canning: Early Life: 1770–1793, Entry Into Politics: 1793–1795, Foreign Office: 1796–1799, Office: 1799–1800, Paymaster of The Forces: 1800–1801, Backbenches: 1801–1804, Treasurer of The Navy: 1804–1806, Backbenches: 1806–1807, Foreign Secretary: 1807–1809, Backbenches: 1809–1814, Ambassador To Lisbon: 1814–1816, President of The Board of Control: 1816–1820, Backbenches: 1821–1822, Foreign Secretary and Leader of The House: 1822–1827, Prime Minister: 1827, Legacy, Family, George Canning's Government, April 1827 - August 1827
Famous quotes containing the words george and/or canning:
“No barber shaves so close but another finds his work.”
—English proverb, collected in George Herbert, Outlandish Proverbs (1640)
“In matter of commerce the fault of the Dutch
Is offering too little and asking too much.
The French are with equal advantage content,
So we clap on Dutch bottoms just twenty per cent.”
—George Canning (1770–1827)