Charles John Canning, first earl Canning

(1812-1862)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Canning, Charles John, Earl Canning, 1812-1862 DNB: Canning, Charles John, Earl Canning (1812-1862), governor-general and first viceroy of India LBT ID: LdCanni1 VIAF ID: 6008196 LOC ID: nb2008027419	B/BAP: 1812-12-14 DIED: 1862-06-17
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The third son of George Canning; educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, he was MP for Warwick (1836) and governor-general of India (1856-62) and created earl in 1859.
REFERENCES TO Charles John Canning, first earl Canning: Dowager Duchess of Sutherland to Samuel Rogers, 2 August [1835] in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Found 1: ¶ 2 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter III. 1834-1837.