Lord Canning

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Lord Canning was a British statesman best known for overseeing the administration of India during the tumultuous period of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the subsequent transfer of power from the East India Company to the British Crown.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British statesman ⓘ
Governor-General of India ⓘ
Viceroy of India ⓘ
human ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning ⓘ
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Earl Canning ⓘ
appointedGovernorGeneralOfIndia 1856 ⓘ
birthDate 1812-12-14 ⓘ
birthPlace Bromley, Middlesex, England ⓘ
linked to: Bromley
burialPlace Westminster Abbey ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
deathDate 1862-06-17 ⓘ
deathPlace London, England ⓘ
education Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ
Eton College ⓘ
father George Canning ⓘ
fullName Charles John Canning ⓘ
linked to: Lord Canning
implementedPolicy transfer of Indian administration from East India Company to British Crown ⓘ
knownFor moderate policy towards rebels during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
memberOf House of Lords ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm Queen Victoria ⓘ
mother Joan Scott ⓘ
nickname Clemency Canning ⓘ
nobleTitle Baron Canning ⓘ
Earl Canning ⓘ
Viscount Canning ⓘ
linked to: Lord Canning
notableFor being the first Viceroy of India ⓘ
overseeing the transfer of power in India from the East India Company to the British Crown ⓘ
oversawEvent Indian Mutiny ⓘ
Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
oversawLegislation Government of India Act 1858 ⓘ
politicalParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
Tory ⓘ
positionHeld First Commissioner of Woods and Forests ⓘ
Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Viceroy of India

Postmaster General of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ⓘ
Viceroy of India ⓘ
precededByAsGovernorGeneralOfIndia Lord Dalhousie ⓘ
spouse Charlotte Canning ⓘ
succeededByAsViceroyOfIndia Lord Elgin ⓘ
termEndAsGovernorGeneralOfIndia 1862 ⓘ
termEndAsViceroyOfIndia 1862 ⓘ
termStartAsGovernorGeneralOfIndia 1856 ⓘ
termStartAsViceroyOfIndia 1858 ⓘ

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Countess Canning → spouse → Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning ⓘ
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