Canning, George, (1770-1827), statesman

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Alternative name(s):	Stratford de Redclffe (Also known as) Redcliffe (Also known as)
Surname:	Canning
Forenames:	George
Gender:	Male
Date:	1770-1827
History:	Treasurer of the Navy 1804-1806; Foreign Secretary 1807-1809; Ambassador Extraordinary to Portugal 1814; President of India Board 1816-1821 and Governor-General of India 1822. Foreign Secretary 1822-1827. Prime Minister Apr-Aug 1827.
Biography:	ODNB link for Canning, George (1770-1827), statesman
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P274826 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P145970 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for George Canning

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	Canning, George
2	1787-1827: political corresp, diaries and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 89143	NRA 9205 Canning See Annual Return 2015
3	1798-1827: corresp and papers	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds	4138	See West Yorkshire Archive Service Annual Report 1996
4	c1812-30: corresp and papers	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds	STAPLETON	NRA 23599 See HMC Private papers of British diplomats 1782-1900, 1985
5	1824-27: papers rel to Spain and Greece	The National Archives	FO 800/229-31
6	1819-20: journals (3 vols) of tours in Europe written by GR Chinnery	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 64093-5
7	1791-1827: misc political and diplomatic corresp	University of Michigan: William L Clements Library	George Canning papers	NRA 22709
8	1814-29: corresp and papers as MP for Liverpool	Gladstone's Library	Glynne-Gladstone MSS 1197-1204	NRA 14174 Gladstone
9	1807-1825: copy letterbooks and despatches	Harewood House Trust	Canning
10	1822-27: corresp with Sir William A'Court	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 41541-55
11	1793-1822: letters to WP Amherst	British Library: Asian and African Studies	MSS Eur F 140	NRA 28585
12	1807-27: corresp with Sir Charles Bagot	Collection held privately: enquiries to Cumbria Record Office, Kendal		NRA 6234 Bagot
13	1808-27: corresp with Lord Bathurst	British Library, Manuscript Collections	loan 57	NRA 20952 See HMC Bathurst MSS
14	c1809-25: corresp with 3rd Baron Berwick	Shropshire Archives	112	NRA 26124 Noel-Hill
15	1809-27: corresp with Lord Binning	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD 249/2/6	NRA 10114 Hamilton See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [6c]
16	1792-1827: letters to E Bootle-Wilbraham	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 46841
17	1816-27: letters (9) to John Bowring	Harvard University: Houghton Library	MS Eng 1247	NRA 20033
18	1823-25: corresp with Stratford Canning	The National Archives	FO 352
19	1807-15: corresp with Lord Castlereagh	Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)	D3030	NRA 12865 Stewart
20	letters from Lord Castlereagh	The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)	D/Lo	NRA 11528 Vane-Tempest-Stewart
21	1824-27: letters to Lord Clanricarde	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds		NRA 16182 De Burgh
22	1824-27: corresp with Lord Cowley	The National Archives	FO 519
23	1808-10: letters to Comte Louis D'Antraigues	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Don d 92
24	1824-27: letters to Duke of Devonshire	Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth	3	NRA 20594 Cavendish
25	1807-08: letters to 2nd Earl of Donoughmore	Trinity College Dublin	Donoughmore	NRA 22331 Hely-Hutchinson
26	letters to Drinkwater family of Kirby, Isle of Man	Manx National Heritage Library & Archives	MS 09771	See Annual Return 1997
27	1800-26: corresp with J Hookham Frere	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 38833
28	letters to George III	Royal Archives		See Later Correspondence of George III, ed AAspinall, 5 vols 1962-70
29	1812-23: corresp with Sir John Gladstone (363 items)	Gladstone's Library	Glynne-Gladstone MSS 91-96	NRA 14174 Gladstone
30	letters to Sir James Willoughby Gordon	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 49476
31	1823-27: corresp with Sir Robert Gordon	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 42314, 42317
32	1795-1805: letters to Lord Grenville	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 69038, 69076
33	1798-1827: corresp with Lord Grenville	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 58960
34	1802-04: letters to Thomas Grenville	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 41856
35	1789-1827: corresp with 1st Earl Granville	British Library, Manuscript Collections		See Former ref PRO30/29
36	1800-10: letters (41) to James Harris, 1st Earl of Malmesbury	Hampshire Archives	9M73	NRA 6589 Harris
37	1799-1826: letters to Lord and Lady Harrowby	Harrowby Manuscripts Trust		NRA 1561 Ryder
38	letters to Lord Hatherton	Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Staffordshire County Record Office	D260, 1121, 1178, 4028, 4513, 4787	NRA 4022 Littleton See HMC [4] Fifth report appendix
39	1798-1827: corresp with Lord Holland	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 51598
40	1808-19: letters to Sir Alexander Hope	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD364	NRA 10172 Hope See NRA(S)1021
41	1801-27: corresp with William Huskisson	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 38736-49
42	corresp with Thomas Lawrence	Royal Academy of Arts	LAW	NRA 14837 Royal Academy
43	1797-1827: corresp with Earls of Liverpool	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 38193-412, 38568, 38738-48 passim
44	1798-1827: letters to 2nd Earl of Liverpool	British Library, Manuscript Collections	loan 72	NRA 21672
45	1806: corresp with Lord Lowther	Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle	D LONS/L	NRA 17777 Lowther See HMC [33] Lonsdale MSS
46	1822-27: corresp with Lord Melbourne	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 60399-483	NRA 23026
47	1797-1810: corresp with Lord Melville	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD51	NRA 10188 Dundas
48	1789-1826: corresp with Lord Morley	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 48219-21	NRA 4148
49	1798-1808: corresp with Sir Arthur Paget	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 48391
50	1822-27: corresp with Sir Robert Peel	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 40311
51	1808-10: corresp with Spencer Perceval	Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development		NRA 8587 Holland See HMC corresp file - Holland, David
52	1809-10: corresp with Spencer Perceval	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	MS Add.8713	NRA 34187
53	1809: corresp with Spencer Perceval (copies)	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng hist 261
54	corresp with William Pitt	The National Archives	PRO30/8
55	1801-27: letters to William Pitt etc	Kent History and Library Centre	U1590/S5/O2/1	NRA 25095
56	1825-27: letters to Viscount Ponsonby	Durham University Library and Collections	GRE/E110	NRA 6228 Grey
57	1806-27: corresp with Duke of Portland	Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections	PwH414-62	NRA 7628 Cavendish-Bentinck
58	1787-1820: letters to HJ Richman	Sydney University Library		See HMC Prime ministers papers 1801-1902, 1968
59	1802-15: corresp with George Rose	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 42773
60	1822-23: letters to Sir George Henry Rose	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 42790
61	1822-23: corresp with Sir George Henry Rose	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.3797
62	1808-10: letters to Lord St Helens	Derbyshire Record Office	D239/F11835-50	NRA 4879 FitzHerbert
63	1806-27: corresp with Sir Walter Scott	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 3875-3904 passim
64	1800: corresp with Lord Sidmouth	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	152M	NRA 8747 Addington
65	1803-24: corresp with Sir John Sinclair	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS189	NRA 10552
66	1792-1827: letters to Lord Skelmersdale	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 46841
67	1822-25: corresp with Lord Strangford	University of Southampton Library	WP1/733-849	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
68	1822-24: letters to Lord Stuart De Rothesay	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.6216-6229
69	1798-99: corresp with 3rd Baron Talbot of Malahide	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Talbot	NRA 29936
70	1799-1814: letters to half-sister, Mary Thompson	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds	Gale Collection 2	NRA 19412 Leeds AD misc
71	1815-27: letters to Sir Charles Vaughan	Oxford University: All Souls College	Vaughan	NRA 10564 Vaughan
72	1798-1826: corresp with Lord Wellesley (251 items)	The Morgan Library		See NUC MS 84-2140
73	1799-1827: corresp with Lord Wellesley	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 37286-97 passim
74	1813: letters to Lord Wharncliffe	Sheffield City Archives		NRA 1077
75	1796-1826: corresp with William Wickham	Hampshire Archives	38M49	NRA 550 Wickham
76	1811-26: letters to William Wilberforce	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Wilberforce; Don e 164-65	NRA 7132 Wilberforce
77	1822-27: letters to Sir RJ Wilmot-Horton	Derbyshire Record Office	D3155 (WH2760)	NRA 27876 Wilmot-Horton
78	1797-1807: corresp with William Windham	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 37844
79	1791-1822: misc papers (82 items)	Harvard University: Houghton Library		See Hamer, Archives and MSS in USA 1961
80	misc letters	Liverpool Record Office		See Accessions to Repositories 1967
81	1814-24: letters received (99 items)	Liverpool Record Office	328PAR	NRA 17048 Liverpool Parl
82	1788-1817: letters to his cousin Elizabeth	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds		See Accessions to Repositories 1978
83	1797-1827: misc letters (17 items)	Duke University: William R Perkins Library		See Guide 1980, p84
84	1813-20: corresp rel to East India Co	British Library: Asian and African Studies	MSS Eur F 142	NRA 27534