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Author Dixon, Peter, 1932-

Title Canning, politician and statesman / Peter Dixon
Published London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, [1976]
©1976

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Description 355 pages ; 22 cm
Contents Includes index
Summary "In 1770 no prophet could have foreseen the future career of the infant George Canning, born without the wealth or inherited position then considered indispensable to any aspiring politician. yet this son of an expatriate Irishman and an unsuccesful actress became one of Britain's most remarkable Foreign Secretaries, was briefly Prime Minister and occupied for many years a pivotal position in a political mili
Analysis Great Britain Canning, George Biographies
Great Britain Canning, George 1770-1827 Biographies
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [337]-343
Includes index
Subject Canning, George, 1770-1827.
Prime ministers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Statesmen -- Great Britain -- Biography.
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1789-1820. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056909
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1820-1830. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056912
Genre/Form Biographies.
LC no. 76361444
ISBN 0297770616