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): Alberto Ginastera • Andronikos IV Palaiologos • Arved Viirlaid • Bob Harris (radio presenter) • Brian Noble (bishop) • Cerys Matthews • David Perrett • Gerry Baker • Karl Rebane • Nobuaki Kakuda • Norman McLaren • Paul Henry (painter) • Veronica Pyke • Victor Bouchard • Yuriy Lituyev

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