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Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning

1812 - 1862

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Charles John Canning, 1st Earl Canning (14 December 1812 – 17 June 1862), 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. Canning is credited for ensuring that the administration and most departments of the government functioned normally during the rebellion and took major administrative decisions even during the peak of the Rebellion in 1857, including establishing the first three modern Universities in India, the University of Calcutta, University of Madras and University of Bombay based on Wood's despatch. Canning passed the Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856 which was drafted by his predecessor Lord Dalhousie before the rebellion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning is the 13,388th most popular politician (down from 13,075th in 2019), the 3,208th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,932nd in 2019) and the 448th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning ranks 13,388 out of 19,576. Before him are Transamund II of Spoleto, Wiglaf of Mercia, Viorica Dăncilă, Lucius Clodius Macer, Dimitrios Voulgaris, and Krikor Zohrab. After him are Nikolai Avksentiev, Ahti Karjalainen, Indravarman II, Herluf Bidstrup, Pen Sovan, and Pete Rose.

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Among people born in 1812, Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning ranks 58. Before him are Julius Rietz, Ercole Dembowski, Rudolf von Alt, Pierre de Decker, Izmail Sreznevsky, and Auguste Duméril. After him are Franz Felix Adalbert Kuhn, Duke Peter of Oldenburg, Samo Chalupka, Melchora Aquino, Buenaventura Báez, and Juraj Dobrila. Among people deceased in 1862, Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning ranks 44. Before him are Juana Azurduy de Padilla, Carlos Anaya, Sofia Adlersparre, Alexey Fyodorovich Orlov, José María Bocanegra, and Barbu Catargiu. After him are Bernhard Severin Ingemann, Felix de Muelenaere, František Škroup, Carl Ludwig Christian Rümker, Frederick Townsend Ward, and Blanka Teleki.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning ranks 3,209 out of 8,785. Before him are Dominic West (1969), Stanley Baker (1928), Harry Styles (1994), Andrew Scott Waugh (1810), Henry Travers (1874), and Ronald Neame (1911). After him are Philip Catherine (1942), Eric Frank Russell (1905), Simon McBurney (1957), Spencer Gore (1850), Sergey Kapitsa (1928), and Reginald Owen (1887).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning ranks 448. Before him are James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811), Blanche of England (1392), Caradoc (470), Ken Livingstone (1945), John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822), and Frederick Abberline (1843). After him are George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon (1827), Walter Rutherford (1857), Richard Cobden (1804), Ida of Bernicia (450), Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders (877), and Alex Salmond (1954).

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