Clemency Canning

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Clemency Canning was the popular nickname of Lord Canning, the last Governor-General and first Viceroy of British India, known for his relatively moderate and conciliatory policies during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British statesman
colonial administrator
person
appointedGovernorGeneralOfIndia 1856
becameFirstViceroyOfIndia 1858
burialPlace Westminster Abbey, London
surface form: Westminster Abbey
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1812-12-14
dateOfDeath 1862-06-17
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford
Eton College
father George Canning
hasFamilyName Canning
hasGivenName Charles
John
hasHonorificPrefix The Right Honourable
hasNickname Clemency Canning
hasOrder Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
hasTitle Earl Canning
Lord Canning
implementedPolicy clemency towards Indian rebels after 1857
involvedInEvent Indian Rebellion of 1857
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK)
surface form: Conservative Party (UK) (historical)
monarchDuringViceroyalty Queen Victoria
mother Joan Scott
notableFor being the first Viceroy of British India
being the last Governor-General of British India
his moderate policies during the Indian Rebellion of 1857
his policy of clemency towards rebels after the Indian Rebellion of 1857
overseeing the transfer of power from the East India Company to the British Crown
oversaw implementation of the Government of India Act 1858
placeOfBirth Bromley
surface form: Bromley, Kent, England
placeOfDeath London, England
positionHeld Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Viceroy of India
surface form: Governor-General and Viceroy of India

Governor-General
surface form: Governor-General of India

Member of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Member of the House of Lords
Postmaster General of Great Britain
surface form: Postmaster General of the United Kingdom

Viceroy of India
religion Anglicanism (broadly)
surface form: Anglicanism
spouse Charlotte Canning
termAsGovernorGeneralEnded 1858
termAsViceroyEnded 1862

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Lord Canning nickname Clemency Canning
Clemency Canning hasNickname Clemency Canning