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Biography of Charles Canning 1st Earl Canning 1812-1862

Maternal Family Tree: Joan Scott Viscountess Canning 1776-1837

On 8th July 1800 [his father] George Canning Prime Mininster (age 30) and [his mother] Joan Scott Viscountess Canning (age 24) were married.

On 14th December 1812 Charles Canning 1st Earl Canning was born to George Canning Prime Mininster (age 42) and Joan Scott Viscountess Canning (age 36) at Gloucester Lodge.

On 8th August 1827 [his father] George Canning Prime Mininster (age 57) died.

On 5th September 1835 Charles Canning 1st Earl Canning (age 22) and Charlotte Stuart Countess Canning (age 18) were married at St Martin in the Fields Church [Map].

On 14th March 1837 [his mother] Joan Scott Viscountess Canning (age 60) died. Her son Charles (age 24) succeeded 2nd Viscount Canning.

In May 1859 Charles Canning 1st Earl Canning (age 46) was created 1st Earl Canning. [his wife] Charlotte Stuart Countess Canning (age 41) by marriage Countess Canning.

On 18th November 1861 [his wife] Charlotte Stuart Countess Canning (age 44) died at Calcutta, India in the arms of her husband Charles Canning 1st Earl Canning (age 48).

1862 Appointment of Garter Knights

On 17th June 1862 Charles Canning 1st Earl Canning (age 49) died without issue. Earl Canning, Viscount Canning extinct.

Ancestors of Charles Canning 1st Earl Canning 1812-1862

Father: George Canning Prime Mininster

Charles Canning 1st Earl Canning

GrandFather: John "Pawky Scott" Scott

Mother: Joan Scott Viscountess Canning