George Canning, first baron Garvagh

(1778-1840)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Canning, George (1778-1840) 1st Baron Garvagh, politician LBT ID: LdGarva1	B/BAP: 1778-11-15 DIED: 1840-08-20
SOURCES: Judd, Members of Parliament 1734-1832 (1955); thePeerage.com
Irish peer; he was MP for Sligo (1806-12) and Petersfield (1812-20), Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry between (1831-40). He was a first-cousin of the prime minister of the same name.
REFERENCES TO George Canning, first baron Garvagh: Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter VI. Found 1: ¶ 11