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Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning

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British politician (1812-1862)

PoliticiansLived 1812 to 1862 · aged 49

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Charles John Canning, 1st Earl Canning, also styled Viscount Canning and referred to as "Clemency Canning", was a British politician and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

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Daguerreotype, c. 1845

At Simla with his wife and Lord Clyde, Commander-in-Chief, 1860

India, 1860

The arrival of Lord Canning at Lahore

Charles Canning by H. Hering

Charlotte Canning, painting in Calcutta, 1861, by H Hering

Awards 3

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Order of the Garter

Silver Medal of the Zoological Society of London

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SpouseCharlotte Canning, Countess Canning

FatherGeorge Canning

MotherJoan Canning, 1st Viscountess Canning

SiblingGeorge Charles Canning

SiblingWilliam Pitt Canning

SiblingHarriet de Burgh, Marchioness of Clanricarde

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Charles John Canning, 1st Earl Canning, also styled Viscount Canning and referred to as "Clemency Canning", was a British politician and Governor-General of India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. He was the first Viceroy of India after the transfer of power from the East India Company to the Crown of Queen Victoria in 1858 after the rebellion was crushed.