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George Canning George Canning
(1770 - 1827)
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born into an Anglo-Irish family on 11 April 1770, the first son and second and only surviving child of his father's three children. Canning was descended from a branch of the family which had settled in Ulster; James I granted the manor of Garvagh (Londonderry) in 1618. Canning's father was a barris .. .. more >>

 
 
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1     All The Talents
2     Blue and Buff
3     Elijah's Mantle
4     Epigram
5     Moderate Men and Moderate Measures
7     Ode To The
8     Parody
9     The Grand Consulation
10     The New-Old Opposition
11     The pilgrimage to Mecca
12     The Pilot That Weath'd The Storm
13     The Slavery Of Greece
14     The Traitor's Epitah
15     Though short thy span, God's unimpeach'd decrees
 

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"In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch
Is offering too little and asking too much."
George Canning (1770-1827), British poet. A Political Despatch (l. 1-2). . . Faber Book of Comic Verse, The. Michael Roberts and Janet Adam Smith, eds. (Rev. ed., 1974; paperback 1978) Faber and Faber.
"In matter of commerce the fault of the Dutch
Is offering too little and asking too much.
The French are with equal advantage content,
So we clap on Dutch bottoms just twenty per cent."
George Canning (1770-1827), British statesman, prime minister. coded letter, Jan. 31, 1826, to the English ambassador at the Hague, Holland. Canning's Rhyming "Dispatch" to Sir Charles Bagot, Sir Harry Poland (1905).
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George Canning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Canning (11 April 1770 – 8 August 1827) was a British statesman and politician who served as Foreign Secretary and is, at present, the shortest ...
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George Canning (1770-1827)
George Canning, who served as Prime Minister from 12 April to 8 August 1827, was born into an Anglo-Irish family on 11 April 1770, the first son and second ...
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George Canning
George Canning. Sir Richard Westmacott (1775-1856). Bronze. Facing Parliament Square, London ... Related Material. George Canning (brief biography) ...
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George Canning -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
Britannica online encyclopedia article on George Canning:George Canning, painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence and Richard Evans; in the National Portrait …
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