History and chronology of George Canning Canning, 1st in Great Britain

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George Canning Canning, 1st History of Great Britain


1770	Birth
11th April Birth of George Canning
1793	Election
Newtown Elected Member of Parliament for Newtown on the Isle of Wight, a rotten borough
1795	Under Secretary
2nd Nov Appointed Under Secretary at the Foreign Office
1796	Election
Wendover Elected Member of Parliament for Wendover in Buckinghamshire
1799	Board of Control
Appointed Commissioner of the Board of Control
1799	Resignation
1st April Resigns as Under Secretary at the Foreign Office
1800	Paymaster of the Forces
Appointed Paymaster of the Forces
1807	Minister of Foreign Affairs
25th Mar Appointed Foreign Minister, 1st term, given key responsibilities for the country's diplomacy in the Napoleonic Wars
1810	Minister of Plenipotentiary
Appointed Minister of nipotentiary at Constantinople
1812	Treaty of Bucharest
Bucharest Diverts Russia from Turkey so it can concentrate on defending Moscow from Napoleon
Bucharest Negotiates the Treaty of Bucharest between Russia & Turkey
Bucharest Restores peace between Russia & Turkey by means of Russian withdrawal from the Danube
1814	Ambassador
Geneva Appointed Ambassador to Switzerland
1814	Constitution
Geneva Helps establish a Swiss Federal Government
1817	Board of Control
Appointed President of the Board of Control
1817	President
Appointed President of the Board of Control
1820	Ambassador
London Appointed Minister of the USA
1822	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Appointed Leader of the House of Commons
16th Sep Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term
1824	Conservatives
London 1st uses the word "Conservative"
1825	Ambassador
Constantinople Appointed Ambassador to Turkey
1825	Minister of Constantinople
Appointed Minister of Constantinople, 1st term
1827	Death
8th Aug London Death of George Canning
1827	Prime Minister
10th April Appointed Prime Minister of Britain for three months
1827	Treaty of London
6th July London Britain, France & Russia agree to coerce the Turks into granting Greek autonomy
1831	Ambassador
London Appointed Minister of Constantinople, 2nd term
1841	Under Secretary
Appointed Under Secretary at the Foreign Office
1842	Ambassador
Constantinople Appointed Ambassador to Turkey
London Appointed Minister of Constantinople, 3rd term
1853	Postmaster General
Appointed Post Master General
1856	Governor
Appointed Governor General of India
1858	Empress
Trans fers India to the crown & makes Victoria Empress of India
1858	Governor
Appointed Governor General of India
1858	Rebellion
Suppresses a mutiny & earns the nickname "Clemency Canning"
1858	Rule of India
Trans fers India to the crown & makes Victoria Empress of India
1858	Viceroy
London Appointed first Viceroy of India
1865	Atlantic Cable
Engineer in Chief of Atlantic cable laying exhibition in steamship great Eastern