Canning, George

(1770-1827). Entered British Parliament, 1793; foreign secretary, 1807; amba ador to Portugal, 1814; president of Board of Control, 1816; succeeded London derry as foreign secretary, 1822; prime minister, 1827. A consistent advocate of constitutional principles. Index : Sy Foreign secretary and afterwards prime minister, 16; death of, 16. Bk Secretary of war, 81; deals with matter of Leopard and Chesapeake , 83, 85; disapproves of Walcheren expedition, 118; foreign secretary, 120. Bib. : Canning, Speeches ; Stap let on, Political Life of George Canning ; Stap let on, George Canning and His Times ; Dict. Nat. Biog.