George Canning

George Canning was a British Tory statesman. He held various senior cabinet positions under numerous prime ministers, including two important terms as Foreign Secretary, finally becoming Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for the last 119 days of his life, from April to August 1827.

11 April 1770

Born on the same birth day (11 April): Adélaïde Labille-Guiard • Arthur Shrewsbury • Arved Viirlaid • Bartholomeus Strobel • Bernhard Schmidt • Dustin Rhodes • Edward Everett • Edward Lawson (VC) • George I, Duke of Pomerania • Ivane Javakhishvili • Jamini Roy • Jill Gascoine • Josh Hancock • Lewis Jones (rugby, born 1931) • Manuel Ugarte (footballer) • Michael T. Wright (university administrator) • Micheal Ray Richardson • Pablo Hernández (footballer, born 1985) • Paul Douglas (actor) • Raymond Carr • Victor Bouchard • Viola Liuzzo

Born in the same month (April 1770): David Thompson (explorer) • Georg Sverdrup • John Thomas Campbell • Theodoros Kolokotronis • Thomas Johann Seebeck • William Wordsworth