UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 11 April 1770, London

Died: 8 August 1827

Member of Privy Council -

Eton College

Christ Church, Oxford

Commissioner of the Board of Control	1799	1800
Paymaster General	1800	1801
Treasurer of the Navy	1801	1801
Treasurer of the Navy	1804	1806
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	25 March 1807	11 October 1809
President of the Board of Control	1816	1822
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	16 September 1822	30 April 1827
Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury	24 April 1827	8 August 1827

25 May 1796	Wendover	Tory	Unopposed
1799 Resignation of George Canning on appointment as Commissioner of the Board of Control.
26 March 1799	Wendover	Tory	Unopposed
1800 Resignation of George Canning on appointment as Paymaster-General.
5 June 1800	Wendover	Tory	Unopposed
24 July 1802	Tralee	Tory	Unopposed
1804 Resignation of Rt Hon George Canning on appointment as Treasurer of the Navy,
4 June 1804	Tralee		Unopposed
16 October 1812	Liverpool	Tory
5 November 1812	Sligo	Tory	Unopposed