2343 George Canning, by Sir Charles Petrie, Bt.M.A. (Oxon), F.R.Hist.Soc. (read 23 Nov 1990) Canning was born in London on Apr 11, 1770, the son of an actress who had ten other children by two men other than George's father. Canning became Foreign Secretary at Castlereagh's death, and Prime Minister four months before his own death on 8 Aug 1827. This book was only 250 pages but really did an excellent job on the subject ( )