George Canning ( 1770 - 1827 )

Birth: London, England (11 April 1770) Death: Duke of Devonshire's villa, Chiswick (08 August 1827) Burial: Westminster Abbey Profession: Barrister, Politician and Prime Minister of England 1827 Education: Eton; Christ Church, Oxford; Lincoln's Inn (1791) Career: MP for Newport (1794); Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs (1796-1799); Paymaster General (1800-1801); Foreign Secretary (1807); resigned (1809); President of the India Board (1816-1821); Foreign Secretary (1822); Chancellor of the Exchequer (1827); Prime Minister (1827) Freemason, initiaed 20 April 1810, Somerset House Lodge No 2, subsequently Royal Somerset House and Inverness Lodge No 4 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 12/01/1826.