Clemency Canning

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Clemency Canning was the popular nickname of Lord Canning, the last Governor-General and first Viceroy of British India, known for his relatively moderate and conciliatory policies during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

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Clemency Canning canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British statesman ⓘ
colonial administrator ⓘ
person ⓘ
appointedGovernorGeneralOfIndia 1856 ⓘ
becameFirstViceroyOfIndia 1858 ⓘ
burialPlace Westminster Abbey ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1812-12-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1862-06-17 ⓘ
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ
Eton College ⓘ
father George Canning ⓘ
hasFamilyName Canning ⓘ
hasGivenName Charles ⓘ
John ⓘ
hasHonorificPrefix The Right Honourable ⓘ
hasNickname Clemency Canning ⓘ
hasOrder Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
hasTitle Earl Canning ⓘ
Lord Canning ⓘ
implementedPolicy clemency towards Indian rebels after 1857 ⓘ
involvedInEvent Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK) (historical) ⓘ
monarchDuringViceroyalty Queen Victoria ⓘ
mother Joan Scott ⓘ
notableFor being the first Viceroy of British India ⓘ
being the last Governor-General of British India ⓘ
his moderate policies during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
his policy of clemency towards rebels after the Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
overseeing the transfer of power from the East India Company to the British Crown ⓘ
oversaw implementation of the Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bromley, Kent, England ⓘ
linked to: Bromley
placeOfDeath London, England ⓘ
positionHeld Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ⓘ
Governor-General and Viceroy of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India

Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Governor-General

Member of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Member of the House of Lords ⓘ
Postmaster General of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Viceroy of India ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
spouse Charlotte Canning ⓘ
termAsGovernorGeneralEnded 1858 ⓘ
termAsViceroyEnded 1862 ⓘ

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Lord Canning → nickname → Clemency Canning ⓘ
Clemency Canning → hasNickname → Clemency Canning ⓘ
John → usedBy → Clemency Canning ⓘ